Jeremiah 21:8

21:8 “But ¹  tell the people of Jerusalem ²  that the Lord says, ‘I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death. ³ 

Jeremiah 32:28

32:28 Therefore I, the Lord, say: ⁴  ‘I will indeed hand ⁵  this city over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonian army. ⁶  They will capture it.

Jeremiah 51:55

51:55 For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon,

and put an end to her loud noise.

Their waves ⁷  will roar like turbulent ⁸  waters.

They will make a deafening noise. ⁹ 

[21:8]  ¹ tn Heb “And/But unto this people you shall say…” “But” is suggested here by the unusual word order which offsets what they are to say to Zedekiah (v. 3).

[21:8]  ² tn Heb “these people.”

[21:8]  ³ tn Heb “Behold I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.”

[32:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “Thus says the Lord.” However, the speech has already been introduced as first person. So the first person style has been retained for smoother narrative style.

[32:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of…”

[32:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.

[51:55]  ⁷ tn The antecedent of the third masculine plural pronominal suffix is not entirely clear. It probably refers back to the “destroyers” mentioned in v. 53 as the agents of God’s judgment on Babylon.

[51:55]  ⁸ tn Or “mighty waters.”

[51:55]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the noise of their sound will be given,”