Jeremiah 25:23

25:23 the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, ¹  all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples; ² 

Jeremiah 25:36

25:36 Listen to the cries of anguish of the leaders.

Listen to the wails of the shepherds of the flocks.

They are wailing because the Lord

is about to destroy their lands. ³ 

Jeremiah 4:8-9

4:8 So put on sackcloth!

Mourn and wail, saying,

‘The fierce anger of the Lord

has not turned away from us!’” ⁴ 

4:9 “When this happens,” ⁵  says the Lord,

“the king and his officials will lose their courage.

The priests will be struck with horror,

and the prophets will be speechless in astonishment.”

Ezekiel 34:16

34:16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!

James 5:1-2

Warning to the Rich

5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud ⁶  over the miseries that are coming on you. 5:2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

[25:23]  ¹ sn Dedan and Tema are mentioned together in Isa 21:13-14 and located in the desert. They were located in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula south and east of Ezion Geber. Buz is not mentioned anywhere else and its location is unknown. Judgment against Dedan and Tema is mentioned in conjunction with the judgment on Edom in Jer 47:7-8.

[25:23]  ² tn For the discussion regarding the meaning of the terms here see the notes on 9:26.

[25:36]  ³ tn Heb “their pastures,” i.e., the place where they “shepherd” their “flocks.” The verb tenses in this section are not as clear as in the preceding. The participle in this verse is followed by a vav consecutive perfect like the imperatives in v. 34. The verbs in v. 38 are perfects but they can be and probably should be understood as prophetic like the perfect in v. 31 (נְתָנָם, nÿtanam) which is surrounded by imperfects, participles, and vav consecutive perfects.

[4:8]  ⁴ tn Or “wail because the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.” The translation does not need to assume a shift in speaker as the alternate reading does.

[4:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “In that day.”

[5:1]  ⁶ tn Or “wail”; Grk “crying aloud.”