Jeremiah 5:20

5:20 “Proclaim ¹  this message among the descendants of Jacob. ² 

Make it known throughout Judah.

Jeremiah 7:1

Faulty Religion and Unethical Behavior Will Lead to Judgment

7:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ³ 

Jeremiah 11:1

The People Have Violated Their Covenant with God

11:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ⁴ 

Jeremiah 18:1

An Object Lesson from the Making of Pottery

18:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ⁵ 

Jeremiah 30:1

Introduction to the Book of Consolation

30:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah. ⁶ 

Jeremiah 32:6

32:6 So now, Jeremiah said, “The Lord told me, ⁷ 

Jeremiah 34:12

34:12 That was when the Lord spoke to Jeremiah, ⁸ 

Jeremiah 37:6

37:6 The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them, ⁹ 

Jeremiah 43:8

Jeremiah Predicts that Nebuchadnezzar Will Plunder Egypt and Its Gods

43:8 At Tahpanhes the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. ¹⁰ 

¹ sn The verbs are second plural here. Jeremiah, speaking for the Lord, addresses his people, calling on them to make the message further known.

² tn Heb “in the house of Jacob.”

³ tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord.”

⁵ tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.” The proposed translation is more in keeping with contemporary English idiom. Cf. 1:2 and 7:1 and footnotes there.

⁷ tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:” This same formula occurs ten other times in Jeremiah. It has already occurred at 7:1 and 11:1.

⁹ tn Compare the headings at 7:1; 11:1; 18:1; 21:1 and the translator’s note at those places.

¹¹ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to me, saying.” This verse resumes the narrative introduction in v. 1 which was interrupted by the long parenthetical note about historical background. There is again some disjunction in the narrative (compare the translator’s notes on 27:2 and 28:1). What was begun as a biographical (third person) narrative turns into an autobiographical (first person) narrative until v. 26 where the third person is again resumed. Again this betrays the hand of the narrator, Baruch.

¹³ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.” This is the resumption of the introduction in v. 8 after the lengthy description of the situation that had precipitated the Lord’s message to Jeremiah. “That was when” is intended to take the reader back to v. 8.

¹⁵ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes, saying.”