Jeremiah 7:20

7:20 So,” the Lord God ¹  says, “my raging fury will be poured out on this land. ²  It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. ³  And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished.”

Jeremiah 42:18

42:18 For ⁴  the Lord God of Israel who rules over all ⁵  says, ‘If you go to Egypt, I will pour out my wrath on you just as I poured out my anger and wrath on the citizens of Jerusalem. ⁶  You will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. ⁷  You will never see this place again.’ ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” The translation follows the ancient Jewish tradition of substituting the Hebrew word for God for the proper name Yahweh.

² tn Heb “this place.” Some see this as a reference to the temple but the context has been talking about what goes on in the towns of Judah and Jerusalem and the words that follow, meant as a further explanation, are applied to the whole land.

³ tn Heb “the trees of/in the field and the fruit of/in the ground.”

⁴ tn Or “Indeed.”

⁵ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” See the study note on 2:19 for the translation and significance of this title.

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn See the study note on 24:9 and the usage in 29:22 for the meaning and significance of this last phrase.

⁸ tn Or “land.” The reference is, of course, to the land of Judah.