Jeremiah 7:13

7:13 You also have done all these things, says the Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again. ¹  But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent! ² 

Jeremiah 25:3-4

25:3 “For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah ³  until now, the Lord has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again ⁴  what he said. ⁵  But you would not listen. 25:4 Over and over again ⁶  the Lord has sent ⁷  his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention. ⁸ 

Jeremiah 26:5

26:5 You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. ⁹  But you have not paid any attention to them.

Jeremiah 35:15

35:15 I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again. They said, “Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right. ¹⁰  Do not pay allegiance to other gods ¹¹  and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not pay any attention or listen to me.

Jeremiah 44:4

44:4 I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over ¹²  again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate. ¹³ 

Jeremiah 44:2

44:2 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ¹⁴  says, ‘You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem ¹⁵  and all the towns of Judah. Indeed, they now lie in ruins and are deserted. ¹⁶ 

Jeremiah 36:15-16

36:15 They said to him, “Please sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch sat down and read it to them. ¹⁷  36:16 When they had heard it all, ¹⁸  they expressed their alarm to one another. ¹⁹  Then they said to Baruch, “We must certainly give the king a report about everything you have read!” ²⁰ 

John 8:2

8:2 Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach ²¹  them.

¹ tn This reflects a Hebrew idiom (e.g., 7:25; 11:7; 25:3, 4), i.e., an infinitive of a verb meaning “to do something early [or eagerly]” followed by an infinitive of another verb of action. Cf. HALOT 1384 s.v. שָׁכַם Hiph.2.

² tn Heb “I called to you and you did not answer.” The words “to repent” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ sn The year referred to would be 627 b.c. The same year is referred to in 1:2 in reference to his call to be a prophet.

⁴ tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.

⁵ tn The words “what he said” are not in the text but are implicit. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn For the idiom involved here see the notes at 7:13 and 11:7.

⁷ tn The vav consecutive with the perfect in a past narrative is a little unusual. Here it is probably indicating repeated action in past time in keeping with the idiom that precedes and follows it. See GKC 332 §112.f for other possible examples.

⁸ tn Heb “inclined your ear to hear.” This is idiomatic for “paying attention.” It is often parallel with “listen” as here or with “pay attention” (see, e.g., Prov 4:20; 51:1).

⁹ tn See the translator’s note on 7:13 for the idiom here.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Turn, each of you, from his [= your] wicked way and make good your deeds.” Compare 18:11 where the same idiom occurs with the added term of “make good your ways.”

¹¹ tn Heb “Don’t go after/follow other gods.” See the translator’s note on 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom and see 11:10; 13:10; 25:6 for the same idiom.

¹² tn See 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom and compare 7:25; 25:4; 26:5; 29:19; 35:15 for similar references to the persistent warnings of the prophets.

¹³ tn Heb “sent…over again, saying, ‘Do not do this terrible thing that I hate.’” The indirect quote has been used to shorten the sentence and eliminate one level of embedded quotes.

¹⁴ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” Compare 7:3 and see the study note on 2:19 for explanation and translation of this title.

¹⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁶ tn Heb “Behold, they are in ruins this day and there is no one living in them.”

¹⁷ tn Or “‘to us personally’…to them personally”; Heb “‘in our ears’…in their ears.” Elsewhere this has been rendered “in the hearing of” or “where they could hear.” All three of those idioms sound unnatural in this context. The mere personal pronoun seems adequate.

¹⁸ tn Heb “all the words.”

¹⁹ tn According to BDB 808 s.v. פָּחַד Qal.1 and 40 s.v. אֶל 3.a, this is an example of the “pregnant” use of a preposition where an implied verb has to be supplied in the translation to conform the normal range of the preposition with the verb that is governing it. The Hebrew text reads: “they feared unto one another.” BDB translates “they turned in dread to each other.” The translation adopted seems more appropriate in this context.

²⁰ tn Heb “We must certainly report to the king all these things.” Here the word דְּבָרִים (dÿvarim) must mean “things” (cf. BDB 183 s.v. דָּבָר IV.3) rather than “words” because a verbatim report of all the words in the scroll is scarcely meant. The present translation has chosen to use a form that suggests a summary report of all the matters spoken about in the scroll rather than the indefinite “things.”

²¹ tn An ingressive sense for the imperfect fits well here following the aorist participle.