Jeremiah 7:1
Faulty Religion and Unethical Behavior Will Lead to Judgment
7:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: 1
Jeremiah 11:1
The People Have Violated Their Covenant with God
11:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: 2
Jeremiah 18:1
An Object Lesson from the Making of Pottery
18:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: 3
Jeremiah 30:1
Introduction to the Book of Consolation
30:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah. 4
Jeremiah 34:12
34:12 That was when the
Lord spoke to Jeremiah,
5
1 tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord.”
2 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.
3 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.
4 tn Compare the headings at 7:1; 11:1; 18:1; 21:1 and the translator’s note at those places.
5 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.