Jeremiah 24:2

24:2 One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. ¹  The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.

Jeremiah 32:39

32:39 I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for ²  their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.

Jeremiah 52:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

52:1 ³ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem ⁴  for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal ⁵  daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

Jeremiah 10:8

10:8 The people of those nations ⁶  are both stupid and foolish.

Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless! ⁷ 

Jeremiah 3:14

3:14 “Come back to me, my wayward sons,” says the Lord, “for I am your true master. ⁸  If you do, ⁹  I will take one of you from each town and two of you from each family group, and I will bring you back to Zion.

Jeremiah 35:2

35:2 “Go to the Rechabite community. ¹⁰  Invite them to come into one of the side rooms ¹¹  of the Lord’s temple and offer them some wine to drink.”

Jeremiah 52:21

52:21 Each of the pillars was about 27 feet ¹²  high, about 18 feet ¹³  in circumference, three inches ¹⁴  thick, and hollow.

Jeremiah 51:60

51:60 Jeremiah recorded ¹⁵  on one scroll all the judgments ¹⁶  that would come upon Babylon – all these prophecies ¹⁷  written about Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:20

52:20 The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord’s temple (including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” and the movable stands ¹⁸ ) was too heavy to be weighed.

Jeremiah 52:22

52:22 The bronze top of one pillar was about seven and one-half feet ¹⁹  high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate-shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its pomegranate-shaped ornaments was like it.

Jeremiah 52:25

52:25 From the city he took an official who was in charge of the soldiers, seven of the king’s advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens ²⁰  for military service, and sixty citizens who were discovered in the middle of the city.

[24:2]  ¹ sn See Isa 28:4; Hos 9:10.

[32:39]  ² tn Heb “I will give to them one heart and one way to [= in order that they may] fear me all the days for good to them.” The phrase “one heart” refers both to unanimity of will and accord (cf. 1 Chr 12:38 [12:39 HT]; 2 Chr 30:12) and to singleness of purpose or intent (cf. Ezek 11:19 and see BDB 525 s.v. ֵלב 4 where reference is made to “inclinations, resolutions, and determinations of the will”). The phrase “one way” refers to one way of life or conduct (cf. BDB 203 s.v. דֶּרֶךְ 6.a where reference is made to moral action and character), a way of life that is further qualified by the goal of showing “fear, reverence, respect” for the Lord. The Hebrew sentence has been broken up to avoid a long complex sentence in English which is contrary to contemporary English style. However, an attempt has been made to preserve all the connections of the original.

[52:1]  ³ sn This final chapter does not mention Jeremiah, but its description of the downfall of Jerusalem and exile of the people validates the prophet’s ministry.

[52:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[52:1]  ⁵ tn Some textual witnesses support the Kethib (consonantal text) in reading “Hamital.”

[10:8]  ⁴ tn Or “Those wise people and kings are…” It is unclear whether the subject is the “they” of the nations in the preceding verse, or the wise people and kings referred to. The text merely has “they.”

[10:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “The instruction of vanities [worthless idols] is wood.” The meaning of this line is a little uncertain. Various proposals have been made to make sense, most of which involve radical emendation of the text. For some examples see J. A. Thompson, Jeremiah (NICOT), 323-24, fn 6. However, this is probably a case of the bold predication that discussed in GKC 452 §141.d, some examples of which may be seen in Ps 109:4 “I am prayer,” and Ps 120:7 “I am peace.”

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Or “I am your true husband.”

[3:14]  ⁶ tn The words, “If you do” are not in the text but are implicit in the connection of the Hebrew verb with the preceding.

[35:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house of the Rechabites.” “House” is used here in terms of “household” or “family” (cf. BDB 109 s.v. בַּיִת 5.a, b).

[35:2]  ⁷ sn This refers to one of the rooms built on the outside of the temple that were used as living quarters for the priests and for storage rooms (cf. Neh 13:4-5; 1 Kgs 6:5; 1 Chr 28:12; 2 Chr 31:11 and compare Ezek 41:1-14).

[52:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “eighteen cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

[52:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “twelve cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

[52:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “four fingers.”

[51:60]  ⁸ tn Or “wrote.”

[51:60]  ⁹ tn Or “disaster”; or “calamity.”

[51:60]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “words” (or “things”).

[52:20]  ⁹ tc The translation follows the LXX (Greek version), which reflects the description in 1 Kgs 7:25-26. The Hebrew text reads, “the twelve bronze bulls under the movable stands.” הַיָּם (hayyam, “The Sea”) has been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton; note that the following form, הַמְּכֹנוֹת (hammÿkhonot, “the movable stands”), also begins with the article.

[52:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “five cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

[52:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “men, from the people of the land” (also later in this verse).