Jeremiah 3:3

3:3 That is why the rains have been withheld,

and the spring rains have not come.

Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. ¹ 

You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.

Jeremiah 3:20

3:20 But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, ² 

like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband,” ³ 

says the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:8

5:8 They are like lusty, well-fed ⁴  stallions.

Each of them lusts after ⁵  his neighbor’s wife.

Jeremiah 16:2

16:2 “Do not get married and do not have children here in this land.

Jeremiah 51:22

51:22 I used you to smash men and women.

I used you to smash old men and young men.

I used you to smash young men and young women.

[3:3]  ¹ tn Heb “you have the forehead of a prostitute.”

[3:20]  ² tn Heb “house of Israel.”

[3:20]  ³ tn Heb “a wife unfaithful from her husband.”

[5:8]  ³ tn The meanings of these two adjectives are uncertain. The translation of the first adjective is based on assuming that the word is a defectively written participle related to the noun “testicle” (a Hiphil participle מַאֲשִׁכִים [ma’ashikhim] from a verb related to אֶשֶׁךְ [’eshekh, “testicle”]; cf. Lev 21:20) and hence “having testicles” (cf. HALOT 1379 s.v. שָׁכָה) instead of the Masoretic form מַשְׁכִּים (mashkim) from a root שָׁכָה (shakhah), which is otherwise unattested in either verbal or nominal forms. The second adjective is best derived from a verb root meaning “to feed” (a Hophal participle מוּזָנִים [muzanim, the Kethib] from a root זוּן [zun; cf. BDB 266 s.v. זוּן] for which there is the cognate noun מָזוֹן [mazon; cf. 2 Chr 11:23]). This is more likely than the derivation from a root יָזַן ([yazan]reading מְיֻזָּנִים [mÿyuzzanim], a Pual participle with the Qere) which is otherwise unattested in verbal or nominal forms and whose meaning is dependent only on a supposed Arabic cognate (cf. HALOT 387 s.v. יָזַן).

[5:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “neighs after.”