Jeremiah 3:14

3:14 “Come back to me, my wayward sons,” says the Lord, “for I am your true master. ¹  If you do, ²  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 13:14

13:14 And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. ³  I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ ⁴  says the Lord.”

Jeremiah 25:26

25:26 all the kings of the north, whether near or far from one another; and all the other kingdoms which are on the face of the earth. After all of them have drunk the wine of the Lord’s wrath, ⁵  the king of Babylon ⁶  must drink it.

Jeremiah 52:1

The Fall of Jerusalem

52:1 ⁷ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem ⁸  for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal ⁹  daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

[3:14]  ¹ tn Or “I am your true husband.”

[3:14]  ² tn The words, “If you do” are not in the text but are implicit in the connection of the Hebrew verb with the preceding.

[13:14]  ³ tn Or “children along with their parents”; Heb “fathers and children together.”

[13:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will not show…so as not to destroy them.”

[25:26]  ⁵ tn The words “have drunk the wine of the Lord’s wrath” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity at the end of the list to serve as a transition to the next sentence which does not directly mention the cup or the Lord’s wrath.

[25:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “the king of Sheshach.” “Sheshach” is a code name for Babylon formed on the principle of substituting the last letter of the alphabet for the first, the next to the last for the second, and so on. On this principle Hebrew שׁ (shin) is substituted for Hebrew ב (bet) and Hebrew כ (kaf) is substituted for Hebrew ל (lamed). On the same principle “Leb Kamai” in Jer 51:1 is a code name for Chasdim or Chaldeans which is Jeremiah’s term for the Babylonians. No explanation is given for why the code names are used. The name “Sheshach” for Babylon also occurs in Jer 51:41 where the term Babylon is found in parallelism with it.

[52:1]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[52:1]  ⁹ tn Some textual witnesses support the Kethib (consonantal text) in reading “Hamital.”