Jeremiah 16:9

16:9 For I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, tell you what will happen. ¹  I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.’” ² 

Jeremiah 31:33

31:33 “But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel ³  after I plant them back in the land,” ⁴  says the Lord. ⁵  “I will ⁶  put my law within them ⁷  and write it on their hearts and minds. ⁸  I will be their God and they will be my people. ⁹ 

Jeremiah 49:2

49:2 Because you did that,

I, the Lord, affirm that ¹⁰  a time is coming

when I will make Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon,

hear the sound of the battle cry.

It will become a mound covered with ruins. ¹¹ 

Its villages will be burned to the ground. ¹² 

Then Israel will take back its land

from those who took their land from them.

I, the Lord, affirm it! ¹³ 

[16:9]  ¹ tn Heb “For thus says Yahweh of armies the God of Israel.” The introductory formula which appears three times in vv. 1-9 (vv. 1, 3, 5) has been recast for smoother English style.

[16:9]  ² tn Heb “before your eyes and in your days.” The pronouns are plural including others than Jeremiah.

[31:33]  ³ tn Heb “with the house of Israel.” All commentators agree that the term here refers to both the whole nation which was divided into the house of Israel and the house of Judah in v. 30.

[31:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “after those days.” Commentators are generally agreed that this refers to the return from exile and the repopulation of the land referred to in vv. 27-28 and not to something subsequent to the time mentioned in v. 30. This is the sequencing that is also presupposed in other new covenant passages such as Deut 30:1-6; Ezek 11:17-20; 36:24-28.

[31:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[31:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “‘But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after these days:’ says the Lord, ‘I will….’” The sentence has been reworded and restructured to avoid the awkwardness of the original style.

[31:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “in their inward parts.” The Hebrew word here refers to the seat of the thoughts, emotions, and decisions (Jer 9:8 [9:7 HT]). It is essentially synonymous with “heart” in Hebrew psychological terms.

[31:33]  ⁸ tn The words “and minds” is not in the text but is supplied in the translation to bring the English psychology more into line with the Hebrew where the “heart” is the center both of knowing/thinking/reflecting and deciding/willing.

[31:33]  ⁹ sn Compare Jer 24:7; 30:22; 31:1 and see the study note on 30:2.

[49:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

[49:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “a desolate tel.” For the explanation of what a “tel” is see the study note on 30:18.

[49:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “Its daughters will be burned with fire.” For the use of the word “daughters” to refer to the villages surrounding a larger city see BDB 123 s.v. I בַּת 4 and compare the usage in Judg 1:27.

[49:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “says the Lord.” The first person is used to maintain the first person address throughout.