Jeremiah 2:25

2:25 Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out

and your throats become dry. ¹ 

But you say, ‘It is useless for you to try and stop me

because I love those foreign gods ²  and want to pursue them!’

Jeremiah 31:16

31:16 The Lord says to her, ³ 

“Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! ⁴ 

For your heartfelt repentance ⁵  will be rewarded.

Your children will return from the land of the enemy.

I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁶ 

[2:25]  ¹ tn Heb “Refrain your feet from being bare and your throat from being dry/thirsty.”

[2:25]  ² tn Heb “It is useless! No!” For this idiom, see Jer 18:12; NEB “No; I am desperate.”

[31:16]  ³ tn The words “to her” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[31:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “Refrain your voice from crying and your eyes from tears.”

[31:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “your work.” Contextually her “work” refers to her weeping and refusing to be comforted, that is, signs of genuine repentance (v. 15).

[31:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”