2:5 Then he angrily speaks to them
and terrifies them in his rage, 1 saying, 2
A psalm of David, written to get God’s attention. 4
38:1 O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger!
Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury! 5
54:9 “As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, 6
when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood 7 would never again cover the earth.
In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.
57:16 For I will not be hostile 8 forever
or perpetually angry,
for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, 9
the life-giving breath I created.
10:24 Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. 10
Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing. 11
46:28 I, the Lord, tell 12 you not to be afraid,
you descendants of Jacob, my servant,
for I am with you.
Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you,
I will not completely destroy you.
I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure.
I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.” 13
46:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the nations. 15
1:1 From Paul, 16 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1:1 From Paul, 17 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
1 sn And terrifies them in his rage. This line focuses on the effect that God’s angry response (see previous line) has on the rebellious kings.
2 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification to indicate that the speaker is the Lord (cf. RSV, NIV).
3 sn Psalm 38. The author asks the Lord to deliver him from his enemies. He confesses his sin and recognizes that the crisis he faces is the result of divine discipline. Yet he begs the Lord not to reject him.
4 tn The Hebrew text reads simply, “to cause to remember.” The same form, the Hiphil infinitive of זָכַר (zakhar, “remember”), also appears in the heading of Ps 70. Some understand this in the sense of “for the memorial offering,” but it may carry the idea of bringing one’s plight to God’s attention (see P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 [WBC], 303).
5 tn The words “continue to” are supplied in the translation of both lines. The following verses make it clear that the psalmist is already experiencing divine rebuke/punishment. He asks that it might cease.
6 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “For [or “indeed”] the waters of Noah [is] this to me.” כִּי־מֵי (ki-me, “for the waters of”) should be emended to כְּמֵי (kÿmey, “like the days of”), which is supported by the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and all the ancient versions except LXX.
7 tn Heb “the waters of Noah” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
8 tn Or perhaps, “argue,” or “accuse” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
9 tn Heb “for a spirit from before me would be faint.”
10 tn Heb “with justice.”
11 tn The words, “to almost nothing” are not in the text. They are implicit from the general context and are supplied by almost all English versions.
12 tn Heb “Oracle of the
13 tn The translation “entirely unpunished” is intended to reflect the emphatic construction of the infinitive absolute before the finite verb.
14 sn Jeremiah was called to be a prophet not only to Judah and Jerusalem but to the nations (1:5, 10). The prophecies or oracles that are collected here in Jer 46-51 are found after 25:13a in the Greek version where they are also found in a different order and with several textual differences. The issue of which represents the original placement is part of the broader issue of the editorial or redactional history of the book of Jeremiah which went through several editions, two of which are referred to in Jer 36, i.e., the two scrolls written in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (605
15 tn Heb “That which came [as] the word of the
16 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
17 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.