Jeremiah 17:10

17:10 I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds.

I examine people’s hearts. ¹ 

I deal with each person according to how he has behaved.

I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

Jeremiah 51:50

51:50 You who have escaped the sword, ² 

go, do not delay. ³ 

Remember the Lord in a faraway land.

Think about Jerusalem. ⁴ 

[17:10]  ¹ tn The term rendered “mind” here and in the previous verse is actually the Hebrew word for “heart.” However, in combination with the word rendered “heart” in the next line, which is the Hebrew for “kidneys,” it is best rendered “mind” because the “heart” was considered the center of intellect, conscience, and will and the “kidneys” the center of emotions.

[51:50]  ² sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).

[51:50]  ³ tn Heb “don’t stand.”

[51:50]  ⁴ tn Heb “let Jerusalem go up upon your heart.” The “heart” is often viewed as the seat of one’s mental faculties and thought life.