Jeremiah 13:12

13:12 “So tell them, ¹  ‘The Lord, the God of Israel, says, “Every wine jar is made to be filled with wine.”’ ²  And they will probably say to you, ‘Do you not think we know ³  that every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine?’

Jeremiah 40:14

40:14 They said to him, “Are you at all aware ⁴  that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them.

[13:12]  ¹ tn Heb “So you shall say this word [or message] to them.”

[13:12]  ² tn Heb “Every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine.”

[13:12]  ³ tn This is an attempt to render a construction which involves an infinitive of a verb being added before the same verb in a question which expects a positive answer. There may, by the way, be a pun being passed back and forth here involving the sound play been “fool” (נָבָל, naval) and “wine bottle” (נֶבֶל, nebel).

[40:14]  ⁴ tn The translation is intended to reflect the emphasizing infinitive absolute before the finite verb.