Jeremiah 4:2

4:2 You must be truthful, honest and upright

when you take an oath saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’

If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are

and will make him the object of their boasting.”

Jeremiah 4:12

4:12 No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding.

Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’

Jeremiah 33:15

33:15 In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David.

“‘He will do what is just and right in the land.

Jeremiah 48:21

48:21 “Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

Jeremiah 48:47

48:47 Yet in days to come

I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.”

says the Lord.

The judgment against Moab ends here.


tn Heb “If you [= you must, see the translator’s note on the word “do” later in this verse] swear/take an oath, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, justice, and righteousness…”

tn 4:1-2a consists of a number of “if” clauses, two of which are formally introduced by the Hebrew particle אִם (’im) while the others are introduced by the conjunction “and,” followed by a conjunction (“and” = “then”) with a perfect in 4:2b which introduces the consequence. The translation “You must…. If you do,” was chosen to avoid a long and complicated sentence.

tn Heb “bless themselves in him and make their boasts in him.”

tn The word “No” is not in the text but is carried over from the connection with the preceding line “not for…”

tn Heb “will speak judgments against them.”

tn Heb “sprig” or “shoot.”

10 sn See the study note on Jer 48:8 for reference to this tableland or high plain that lay between the Arnon and Heshbon.

13 tn See 29:14; 30:3 and the translator’s note on 29:14 for the idiom used here.

14 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”