Jeremiah 11:20

11:20 So I said to the Lord, ¹ 

“O Lord who rules over all, ²  you are a just judge!

You examine people’s hearts and minds. ³ 

I want to see you pay them back for what they have done

because I trust you to vindicate my cause.” ⁴ 

Jeremiah 20:12

20:12 O Lord who rules over all, ⁵  you test and prove the righteous.

You see into people’s hearts and minds. ⁶ 

Pay them back for what they have done

because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

Jeremiah 22:12

22:12 For he will die in the country where they took him as a captive. He will never see this land again.” ⁷ 

Jeremiah 29:7

29:7 Work to see that the city where I sent you as exiles enjoys peace and prosperity. Pray to the Lord for it. For as it prospers you will prosper.’

Jeremiah 43:3

43:3 But Baruch son of Neriah is stirring you up against us. ⁸  He wants to hand us over ⁹  to the Babylonians ¹⁰  so that they will kill us or carry us off into exile in Babylon.”

Jeremiah 49:10

49:10 But I will strip everything away from Esau’s descendants.

I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide.

Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed.

Not one of them will be left!

[11:20]  ¹ tn The words “So I said to the Lord” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity to show the shift in address.

[11:20]  ² tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

[11:20]  ³ tn Heb “Lord of armies, just judge, tester of kidneys and heart.” The sentence has been broken up to avoid a long and complex English sentence. The translation is more in keeping with contemporary English style. In Hebrew thought the “kidneys” were thought of as the seat of the emotions and passions and the “heart” was viewed as the seat of intellect, conscience, and will. The “heart” and the “kidneys” are often used figuratively for the thoughts, emotions, motives, and drives that are thought to be seated in them.

[11:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “Let me see your retribution [i.e., see you exact retribution] from them because I reveal my cause [i.e., plea for justice] to you.”

[20:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

[20:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “Lord of armies, the one who tests the righteous, who sees kidneys and heart.” The sentence has been broken up to avoid a long and complex English sentence. The translation is more in keeping with contemporary English style.

[22:12]  ⁹ sn This prophecy was fulfilled according to 2 Kgs 23:34.

[43:3]  ¹³ tn Or “is inciting you against us.”

[43:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in order to give us into the hands of the Chaldeans.” The substitution “he wants to” as the equivalent of the purpose clause has been chosen to shorten the sentence to better conform with contemporary English style.

[43:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.