Jeremiah 20:15

20:15 Cursed be the man

who made my father very glad

when he brought him the news

that a baby boy had been born to him! ¹ 

Jeremiah 39:12

39:12 “Find Jeremiah ²  and look out for him. ³  Do not do anything to harm him, ⁴  but do with him whatever he tells you.”

Jeremiah 48:43

48:43 Terror, pits, and traps ⁵  are in store

for the people who live in Moab. ⁶ 

I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁷ 

[20:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Cursed be the man who brought my father the news saying, ‘A son, a male, has been born to you,’ making glad his joy.” This verse has been restructured for English stylistic purposes.

[39:12]  ² tn Heb “Get [or fetch] him.” The referent is supplied for clarity.

[39:12]  ³ tn Or “take care of him”; Heb “set your eyes on him.” For the meaning of this idiom see BDB 963 s.v. שִׂים 2.c and compare 24:6 where the phrase “for good” is added.

[39:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “Don’t do anything evil [= harmful] to him.”

[48:43]  ³ sn There is an extended use of assonance here and in the parallel passage in Isa 24:17. The Hebrew text reads פַּחַד וָפַחַת וָפָח (pakhad vafakhat vafakh). The assonance is intended to underscore the extensive trouble that is in store for them.

[48:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “are upon you, inhabitant of Moab.” This is another example of the rapid switch in person or direct address (apostrophe) in the midst of a third person description or prediction which the present translation typically keeps in the third person for smoother English style.

[48:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”