Jeremiah 24:6

24:6 I will look after their welfare ¹  and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land ²  and will not uproot them. ³ 

Jeremiah 40:4

40:4 But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free ⁴  from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you. ⁵  But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so. ⁶  You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go. ⁷  Go wherever you choose.” ⁸ 

Amos 9:4

9:4 Even when their enemies drive them into captivity, ⁹ 

from there ¹⁰  I will command the sword to kill them.

I will not let them out of my sight;

they will experience disaster, not prosperity.” ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “I will set my eyes upon them for good.” For the nuance of “good” see Jer 21:10; Amos 9:4 (in these cases the opposite of harm; see BDB 375 s.v. טוֹבָה 1).

² tn The words “There” and “firmly in the land” are not in the text but are implicit from the connection and the metaphor. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ sn For these terms see Jer 1:10.

⁴ tn The verb here is an example of the perfect of resolve where the speaker announces his intention to do something according to IBHS 488-89 §30.5.1d. The word “Jeremiah” is supplied in the translation to avoid the possible misunderstanding that the you is still plural.

⁵ tn Or “look out for you.” See 39:12 and the translator’s note there.

⁶ tn Or “Stay here”; Heb “Forbear.” The imperative is used in a permissive sense; “you may forbear.” See GKC 324 §110.b and compare usage in Gen 50:6.

⁷ tn Heb “See all the land [or the whole land] is before you.” For this idiom see BDB 817 s.v. פָּנֶה II.4.a(f) and compare the usage in Gen 20:15; 47:6.

⁸ tn Heb “Unto the good and the right in your eyes to go, go there.”

⁹ tn Heb “Even if they go into captivity before their enemies.”

¹⁰ tn Or perhaps simply, “there,” if the מ (mem) prefixed to the adverb is dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem).

¹¹ tn Heb “I will set my eye on them for disaster, not good.”