1 Samuel 17:10

17:10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight ¹  each other!”

Deuteronomy 5:26

5:26 Who is there from the entire human race ²  who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived?

Jeremiah 10:10

10:10 The Lord is the only true God.

He is the living God and the everlasting King.

When he shows his anger the earth shakes.

None of the nations can stand up to his fury.

Jeremiah 10:1

The Lord, not Idols, is the Only Worthy Object of Worship

10:1 You people of Israel, ³  listen to what the Lord has to say to you.

Jeremiah 1:9

1:9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 1:1

The Superscription

1:1 The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. ⁵  He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.

Jeremiah 5:20

5:20 “Proclaim ⁶  this message among the descendants of Jacob. ⁷ 

Make it known throughout Judah.

[17:10]  ¹ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative verbal form indicates purpose/result here.

[5:26]  ² tn Heb “who is there of all flesh.”

[10:1]  ³ tn Heb “house of Israel.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.” This is an example of the Hebrew “scheduling” perfect or the “prophetic” perfect where a future event is viewed as so certain it is spoken of as past. The Hebrew particle rendered here “assuredly” (Heb הִנֵּה, hinneh) underlines the certitude of the promise for the future. See the translator’s note on v. 6.

[1:1]  ⁵ tn Or “This is a record of what Jeremiah prophesied and did”; Heb “The words [or affairs] of Jeremiah.” The phrase could refer to either the messages of Jeremiah recorded in the book or to both his messages and the biographical (and autobiographical) narratives recorded about him in the book. Since the phrase is intended to serve as the title or superscription for the whole book and recurs again in 51:64 at the end of the book before the final appendix, it might refer to the latter. The expression “The words of [someone]” is a standard introductory formula (Deut 29:1[28:69]; 2 Sam 23:1; Amos 1:1; Eccl 1:1; Neh 1:1).

[5:20]  ⁶ sn The verbs are second plural here. Jeremiah, speaking for the Lord, addresses his people, calling on them to make the message further known.

[5:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the house of Jacob.”