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Jeremiah 18:2

Context
18:2 “Go down at once 1  to the potter’s house. I will speak to you further there.” 2 

Jeremiah 46:17

Context

46:17 There at home they will say, ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise! 3 

He has let the most opportune moment pass by.’ 4 

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[18:2]  1 tn Heb “Get up and go down.” The first verb is not literal but is idiomatic for the initiation of an action. See 13:4, 6 for other occurrences of this idiom.

[18:2]  2 tn Heb “And I will cause you to hear my word there.”

[46:17]  3 tn Heb “is a noise.” The addition of “just a big” is contextually motivated and is supplied in the translation to suggest the idea of sarcasm. The reference is probably to his boast in v. 8.

[46:17]  4 tn Heb “he has let the appointed time pass him by.” It is unclear what is meant by the reference to “appointed time” other than the fact that Pharaoh has missed his opportunity to do what he claimed to be able to do. The Greek text is again different here. It reads “Call the name of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt Saon esbeie moed,” reading קִרְאוּ שֵׁם (qiru shem) for קָרְאוּ שָׁם (qoru) and transliterating the last line.



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