Jeremiah 1:4

Jeremiah’s Call and Commission

1:4 The Lord said to me,

Jeremiah 2:1

The Lord Recalls Israel’s Earlier Faithfulness

2:1 The Lord spoke to me. He said:

Jeremiah 13:3

13:3 Then the Lord spoke to me again and said, ¹ 

Jeremiah 13:8

13:8 Then the Lord said to me, ² 

Jeremiah 16:1

Jeremiah Forbidden to Marry, to Mourn, or to Feast

16:1 The Lord said to me,

Jeremiah 18:5

18:5 Then the Lord said to me, ³ 

Jeremiah 18:19

18:19 Then I said, ⁴ 

“Lord, pay attention to me.

Listen to what my enemies are saying. ⁵ 

Jeremiah 24:4

24:4 The Lord said to me, ⁶ 

Jeremiah 26:12

26:12 Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. ⁷  “The Lord sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.

Jeremiah 29:1

Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles

29:1 The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem ⁸  to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon. ⁹ 

Jeremiah 29:24

A Response to the Letter and a Subsequent Letter

29:24 The Lord told Jeremiah, “Tell ¹⁰  Shemaiah the Nehelamite ¹¹ 

Jeremiah 29:30

29:30 Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 32:26

The Lord Answers Jeremiah’s Prayer

32:26 The Lord answered Jeremiah. ¹² 

Jeremiah 33:19

33:19 The Lord spoke further to Jeremiah. ¹³ 

Jeremiah 33:23

33:23 The Lord spoke still further to Jeremiah. ¹⁴ 

Jeremiah 35:12

35:12 Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 38:25

38:25 The officials may hear that I have talked with you. They may come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you. ¹⁵  Do not hide anything from us. If you do, we will kill you.’ ¹⁶ 

[13:3]  ¹ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying.”

[13:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying.”

[18:5]  ¹ tn Heb “Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying.”

[18:19]  ¹ tn The words “Then I said” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity to show that Jeremiah turns from description of the peoples’ plots to his address to God to deal with the plotters.

[18:19]  ² tn Heb “the voice of my adversaries.”

[24:4]  ¹ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to me.”

[26:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Jeremiah said to all the leaders and all the people….” See the note on the word “said” in the preceding verse.

[29:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[29:1]  ² tn Jer 29:1-3 are all one long sentence in Hebrew containing a parenthetical insertion. The text reads “These are the words of the letter which the prophet Jeremiah sent to the elders…people whom Nebuchadnezzar had exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon after King Jeconiah…had gone from Jerusalem by the hand of Elasah…whom Zedekiah sent…saying, ‘Thus says the Lord…’” The sentence has been broken up for the sake of contemporary English style and clarity.

[29:24]  ¹ tn The words “The Lord told Jeremiah” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation here to indicate the shift in topic and the shift in addressee (the imperative “tell” is second singular). The introduction supplied in the translation here matches that in v. 30 where the words are in the text.

[29:24]  ² tn It is unclear whether this is a family name or a place name. The word occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.

[32:26]  ¹ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying.”

[33:19]  ¹ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying.” See v. 1. This is a continuation of “the second time.”

[33:23]  ¹ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying.” See v. 1. This is a continuation of “the second time.”

[38:25]  ¹ tn The phrase “and what the king said to you” is actually at the end of the verse, but most commentators see it as also under the governance of “tell us” and many commentaries and English versions move the clause forward for the sake of English style as has been done here.

[38:25]  ² tn Or “lest we kill you”; Heb “and we will not kill you,” which as stated in the translator’s note on 37:20 introduces a negative purpose (or result) clause. See 37:20, 38:24 for parallel usage.