Jeremiah 15:9

15:9 The mother who had seven children ¹  will grow faint.

All the breath will go out of her. ² 

Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life.

It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day. ³ 

She will suffer shame and humiliation. ⁴ 

I will cause any of them who are still left alive

to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies,” ⁵ 

says the Lord.

Jeremiah 52:25

52:25 From the city he took an official who was in charge of the soldiers, seven of the king’s advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens ⁶  for military service, and sixty citizens who were discovered in the middle of the city.

Jeremiah 34:14

34:14 “Every seven years each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you shall set them free.” ⁷  But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention to me.

Jeremiah 52:30

52:30 in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, ⁸  Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, carried into exile 745 Judeans. In all 4,600 people went into exile.

Jeremiah 32:9

32:9 So I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I weighed out seven ounces of silver and gave it to him to pay for it. ⁹ 

Jeremiah 52:22

52:22 The bronze top of one pillar was about seven and one-half feet ¹⁰  high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate-shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its pomegranate-shaped ornaments was like it.

Jeremiah 52:21

52:21 Each of the pillars was about 27 feet ¹¹  high, about 18 feet ¹²  in circumference, three inches ¹³  thick, and hollow.

Jeremiah 27:19

27:19 For the Lord who rules over all ¹⁴  has already spoken about the two bronze pillars, ¹⁵  the large bronze basin called ‘The Sea,’ ¹⁶  and the movable bronze stands. ¹⁷  He has already spoken about the rest of the valuable articles that are left in this city.

Jeremiah 52:31

Jehoiachin in Exile

52:31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth ¹⁸  day of the twelfth month, ¹⁹  Evil-Merodach, in the first year of his reign, pardoned ²⁰  King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

[15:9]  ¹ tn Heb “who gave birth to seven.”

[15:9]  ² tn The meaning of this line is debated. Some understand this line to mean “she has breathed out her life” (cf., e.g., BDB 656 s.v. נָפַח and 656 s.v. ֶנפֶשׁ 1.c). However, as several commentaries have noted (e.g., W. McKane, Jeremiah [ICC], 1:341; J. Bright, Jeremiah [AB], 109) it makes little sense to talk about her suffering shame and embarrassment if she has breathed her last. Both the Greek and Latin versions understand “soul” not as the object but as the subject and the idea being one of fainting under despair. This idea seems likely in light of the parallelism. Bright suggests the phrase means either “she gasped out her breath” or “her throat gasped.” The former is more likely. One might also render “she fainted dead away,” but that idiom might not be familiar to all readers.

[15:9]  ³ tn Heb “Her sun went down while it was still day.”

[15:9]  ⁴ sn She has lost her position of honor and the source of her pride. For the concepts here see 1 Sam 2:5.

[15:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will deliver those of them that survive to the sword before their enemies.” The referent of “them” is ambiguous. Does it refer to the children of the widow (nearer context) or the people themselves (more remote context, v. 7)? Perhaps it was meant to include both. Verse seven spoke of the destruction of the people and the killing off of the children.

[52:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “men, from the people of the land” (also later in this verse).

[34:14]  ¹¹ sn Compare Deut 15:12-18 for the complete statement of this law. Here only the first part of it is cited.

[52:30]  ¹⁶ sn This would be 581 b.c.

[32:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “I weighed out the money [more literally, “silver”] for him, seventeen shekels of silver.”

[52:22]  ²⁶ tn Heb “five cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

[52:21]  ³¹ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

[52:21]  ³² tn Heb “twelve cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

[52:21]  ³³ tn Heb “four fingers.”

[27:19]  ³⁶ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.” For the significance of this title see the note at 2:19.

[27:19]  ³⁷ tn The words “two bronze” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to help identify the referent.

[27:19]  ³⁸ tn The words “the large bronze basin called” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to help identify the referent.

[27:19]  ³⁹ tn The words “movable bronze” are not in the text. They have been supplied in the translation to help identify the referent. See the study note for further reference.

[52:31]  ⁴¹ sn The parallel account in 2 Kgs 25:28 has “twenty-seventh.”

[52:31]  ⁴² sn The twenty-fifth day would be March 20, 561 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[52:31]  ⁴³ tn Heb “lifted up the head of.”