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 5:30

5:30 “Something horrible and shocking

is going on in the land of Judah:

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 24:4

24:4 The Lord said to me, ⁴ 

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. ⁵ 

Jeremiah 33:19

33:19 The Lord spoke further to Jeremiah. ⁶ 

Jeremiah 33:23

33:23 The Lord spoke still further to Jeremiah. ⁷ 

Jeremiah 35:12

35:12 Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 48:6

48:6 They will hear, ‘Run! Save yourselves!

Even if you must be like a lonely shrub in the desert!’ ⁸ 

[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.”

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

[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.”

[48:6]  ¹ tc The meaning of this line is uncertain. The translation follows one reading of the Hebrew text. The Greek version reads “Be like a wild donkey in the desert!” There are three points of debate in this line: the syntax of the verb form “be” (תִהְיֶינָה, tihyenah) and the text and meaning of the word translated “shrub” in the Hebrew text. This word only occurs with this meaning here and in Jer 17:6. A related word occurs in Ps 102:17 (102:18 HT). Elsewhere this spelling refers to the place name Aroer which was a place in Moab on the edge of the Arnon River. Most commentators do not feel that a reference to that place is appropriate here because it was not in the desert. The Greek version reads “like a wild donkey” (reading כְּעָרוֹד [kÿ’arod] in place of כַּעֲרוֹעֵר [ka’aro’er]). That would make an appropriate simile here because the wild donkey enjoys its freedom and is hard to capture. G. L. Keown, P. J. Scalise, and T. G. Smothers (Jeremiah 26-52 [WBC], 312) explain the simile of the “shrub” as referring to the marginal and rudimentary existence of a displaced person. That may not be as optimistic as the reference to the wild donkey but it does give an appropriate meaning. The third feminine plural has been explained as the singular noun + suffix = “yourselves” (נַפְשְׁכֶם, nafshÿkhem) used as a collective (so S. R. Driver, Jeremiah, 368, with cross reference to GKC 462-63 §145.c). J. Bright (Jeremiah [AB], 314, n. e-e) follows a suggestion of D. N. Freedman in seeing the form (תִהְיֶינָה, tihyenah) as a mistake for the 2nd masculine plural plus energic (תִהְיוּן, tihyun). Given the number of other textual corruptions in this passage, this is possible. The resultant meaning in either case is the same.