Jeremiah 29:18-19

Context
29:18 I will chase after them with war,¹ starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them. 29:19 For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’² says the Lord.³ ‘And you exiles⁴ have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the Lord.⁵

[29:18] ¹tn Heb “with the sword.”

[29:19] ²tn See the translator’s note on 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom.

[29:19] ³tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[29:19] ⁴tn The word “exiles” is not in the text. It is supplied in the translation to clarify the referent of “you.”

[29:19] ⁵tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”