Jeremiah 14:21

14:21 For the honor of your name, ¹  do not treat Jerusalem ²  with contempt.

Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. ³ 

Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it! ⁴ 

Jeremiah 22:2

22:2 Say: ‘Listen, O king of Judah who follows in David’s succession. ⁵  You, your officials, and your subjects who pass through the gates of this palace must listen to what the Lord says. ⁶ 

Jeremiah 33:17

33:17 For I, the Lord, promise: “David will never lack a successor to occupy ⁷  the throne over the nation of Israel. ⁸ 

[14:21]  ¹ tn Heb “For the sake of your name.”

[14:21]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[14:21]  ³ tn English versions quite commonly supply “us” as an object for the verb in the first line. This is probably wrong. The Hebrew text reads: “Do not treat with contempt for the sake of your name; do not treat with disdain your glorious throne.” This is case of poetic parallelism where the object is left hanging until the second line. For an example of this see Prov 13:1 in the original and consult E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 103-4. There has also been some disagreement whether “your glorious throne” refers to the temple (as in 17:12) or Jerusalem (as in 3:17). From the beginning of the prayer in v. 19 where a similar kind of verb has been used with respect to Zion/Jerusalem it would appear that the contextual referent is Jerusalem. The absence of an object from the first line makes it possible to retain part of the metaphor in the translation and still convey some meaning.

[14:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “Remember, do not break your covenant with us.”

[22:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “who sits on David’s throne.”

[22:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah who sits on the throne of David, you, and your officials and your people who pass through these gates.”

[33:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “a man shall not be cut off to David [i.e., belonging to the Davidic line] sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.”

[33:17]  ¹⁰ sn It should be noted once again that the reference is to all Israel, not just to Judah (cf. Jer 23:5-6; 30:9).