Jeremiah 6:25

6:25 Do not go out into the countryside.

Do not travel on the roads.

For the enemy is there with sword in hand. ¹ 

They are spreading terror everywhere.” ² 

Jeremiah 38:24

38:24 Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. ³  If you do, you will die. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 48:21

48:21 “Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: ⁵  on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

Jeremiah 50:1

Judgment Against Babylon

50:1 The Lord spoke concerning Babylon and the land of Babylonia ⁶  through the prophet Jeremiah. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “For the enemy has a sword.”

² tn Heb “Terror is all around!”

³ tn Heb “about these words.”

⁴ tn Or “so that you will not die.” Or “or you will die.” See the similar construction in 37:20 and the translator’s note there.

⁵ sn See the study note on Jer 48:8 for reference to this tableland or high plain that lay between the Arnon and Heshbon.

⁷ tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

⁸ tn Heb “The word which the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.”