Discovery BoxJeremiah 11:14
Context11:14 So, Jeremiah, 1 do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them. 2 For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them.” 3
Jeremiah 18:23
Context18:23 But you, Lord, know
all their plots to kill me.
Do not pardon their crimes!
Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! 4
Let them be brought down in defeat before you!
Deal with them while you are still angry! 5
Jeremiah 29:8
Context29:8 “For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all 6 says, ‘Do not let the prophets or those among you who claim to be able to predict the future by divination 7 deceive you. And do not pay any attention to the dreams that you are encouraging them to dream.
Jeremiah 30:10
Context30:10 So I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid,
you descendants of Jacob, my servants. 8
Do not be terrified, people of Israel.
For I will rescue you and your descendants
from a faraway land where you are captives. 9
The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace.
They will be secure and no one will terrify them. 10
Jeremiah 42:11
Context42:11 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. 11 Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the Lord, affirm it! 12
Jeremiah 46:27
Context46:27 13 “You descendants of Jacob, my servants, 14 do not be afraid;
do not be terrified, people of Israel.
For I will rescue you and your descendants
from the faraway lands where you are captives. 15
The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace.
They will be secure and no one will terrify them.
[11:14] 2 tn The words “to save them” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
[11:14] 3 tc The rendering “when disaster strikes them” is based on reading “at the time of” (בְּעֵת, bÿ’et) with a number of Hebrew
[18:23] 4 sn Heb “Do not blot out their sins from before you.” For this anthropomorphic figure which looks at God’s actions as though connected with record books, i.e., a book of wrongdoings to be punished, and a book of life for those who are to live, see e.g., Exod 32:32, 33, Ps 51:1 (51:3 HT); 69:28 (69:29 HT).
[18:23] 5 tn Heb “in the time of your anger.”
[29:8] 7 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”
[29:8] 8 sn See the study notes on 27:9 for this term.
[30:10] 10 tn Heb “So do not be afraid, my servant Jacob, oracle of the
[30:10] 11 tn Heb “For I will rescue you from far away, your descendants from the land of their captivity.”
[30:10] 12 sn Compare the ideals of the Mosaic covenant in Lev 26:6, the Davidic covenant in 2 Sam 7:10-11, and the new covenant in Ezek 34:25-31.
[42:11] 13 sn See Jer 41:18 for their reason for fear.
[42:11] 14 tn Heb “oracle of the
[46:27] 16 sn Jer 46:27-28 are virtually the same as 30:10-11. The verses are more closely related to that context than to this. But the presence of a note of future hope for the Egyptians may have led to a note of encouragement also to the Judeans who were under threat of judgment at the same time (cf. the study notes on 46:2, 13 and 25:1-2 for the possible relative dating of these prophecies).
[46:27] 17 tn Heb “And/But you do not be afraid, my servant Jacob.” Here and elsewhere in the verse the terms Jacob and Israel are poetic for the people of Israel descended from the patriarch Jacob. The terms have been supplied throughout with plural referents for greater clarity.
[46:27] 18 tn Heb “For I will rescue you from far away, your descendants from the land of their captivity.”
