Jeremiah 5:23
5:23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.
They have turned aside and gone their own way. 1
Jeremiah 7:1
Faulty Religion and Unethical Behavior Will Lead to Judgment
7:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: 2
Jeremiah 11:1
The People Have Violated Their Covenant with God
11:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: 3
Jeremiah 18:1
An Object Lesson from the Making of Pottery
18:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: 4
Jeremiah 30:1
Introduction to the Book of Consolation
30:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah. 5
Jeremiah 32:6
32:6 So now, Jeremiah said, “The Lord told me, 6
1 tn The words, “their own way” are not in the text but are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord.”
3 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.
4 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.
5 tn Compare the headings at 7:1; 11:1; 18:1; 21:1 and the translator’s note at those places.
6 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.