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Jeremiah 12:4

Context

12:4 How long must the land be parched 1 

and the grass in every field be withered?

How long 2  must the animals and the birds die

because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? 3 

For these people boast,

“God 4  will not see what happens to us.” 5 

Jeremiah 29:11

Context
29:11 For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. 6  ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you 7  a future filled with hope. 8 
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[12:4]  1 tn The verb here is often translated “mourn.” However, this verb is from a homonymic root meaning “to be dry” (cf. HALOT 7 s.v. II אָבַל and compare Hos 4:3 for usage).

[12:4]  2 tn The words “How long” are not in the text. They are carried over from the first line.

[12:4]  3 tn Heb “because of the wickedness of those who live in it.”

[12:4]  4 tn Heb “he.” The referent is usually identified as God and is supplied here for clarity. Some identify the referent with Jeremiah. If that is the case, then he returns to his complaint about the conspirators. It is more likely, however, that it refers to God and Jeremiah’s complaint that the people live their lives apart from concern about God.

[12:4]  5 tc Or reading with the Greek version, “God does not see what we are doing.” In place of “what will happen to us (אַחֲרִיתֵנוּ, ’akharitenu, “our end”) the Greek version understands a Hebrew text which reads “our ways” (אָרְחוֹתֵנו, ’orkhotenu), which is graphically very close to the MT. The Masoretic is supported by the Latin and is retained here on the basis of external evidence. Either text makes good sense in the context. Some identify the “he” with Jeremiah and understand the text to be saying that the conspirators are certain that they will succeed and he will not live to see his prophecies fulfilled.

[29:11]  6 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[29:11]  7 tn Heb “I know the plans that I am planning for you, oracle of the Lord, plans of well-being and not for harm to give to you….”

[29:11]  8 tn Or “the future you hope for”; Heb “a future and a hope.” This is a good example of hendiadys where two formally coordinated nouns (adjectives, verbs) convey a single idea where one of the terms functions as a qualifier of the other. For this figure see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 658-72. This example is discussed on p. 661.



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