Jeremiah 7:5

7:5 You must change ¹  the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. ² 

Jeremiah 7:14

7:14 So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, ³  this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, ⁴  just like I destroyed Shiloh. ⁵ 

Jeremiah 39:12

39:12 “Find Jeremiah ⁶  and look out for him. ⁷  Do not do anything to harm him, ⁸  but do with him whatever he tells you.”

¹ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

² tn Heb “you must do justice between a person and his fellow/neighbor.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

³ tn Heb “over which my name is called.” For this nuance of this idiom cf. BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph.2.d(4) and see the usage in 2 Sam 12:28.

⁴ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 22, 25, 26).

⁵ tn Heb “I will do to this house which I…in which you put…and to this place which…as I did to Shiloh.”

⁵ tn Heb “Get [or fetch] him.” The referent is supplied for clarity.

⁶ tn Or “take care of him”; Heb “set your eyes on him.” For the meaning of this idiom see BDB 963 s.v. שִׂים 2.c and compare 24:6 where the phrase “for good” is added.

⁷ tn Heb “Don’t do anything evil [= harmful] to him.”