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Jeremiah 3:14

Context

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 35:2

Context
35:2 “Go to the Rechabite community. 3  Invite them to come into one of the side rooms 4  of the Lord’s temple and offer them some wine to drink.”

Jeremiah 52:21

Context
52:21 Each of the pillars was about 27 feet 5  high, about 18 feet 6  in circumference, three inches 7  thick, and hollow.
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[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.

[35:2]  3 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]  4 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]  5 tn Heb “eighteen cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

[52:21]  6 tn Heb “twelve cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.

[52:21]  7 tn Heb “four fingers.”



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