Jeremiah 4:2

4:2 You must be truthful, honest and upright

when you take an oath saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’ ¹ 

If you do, ²  the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are

and will make him the object of their boasting.” ³ 

Jeremiah 4:12

4:12 No, ⁴  a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding.

Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’ ⁵ 

Jeremiah 33:15

33:15 In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant ⁶  of David.

“‘He will do what is just and right in the land.

Jeremiah 48:21

48:21 “Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: ⁷  on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,

Jeremiah 48:47

48:47 Yet in days to come

I will reverse Moab’s ill fortune.” ⁸ 

says the Lord. ⁹ 

The judgment against Moab ends here.

[4:2]  ¹ tn Heb “If you [= you must, see the translator’s note on the word “do” later in this verse] swear/take an oath, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, justice, and righteousness…”

[4:2]  ² tn 4:1-2a consists of a number of “if” clauses, two of which are formally introduced by the Hebrew particle אִם (’im) while the others are introduced by the conjunction “and,” followed by a conjunction (“and” = “then”) with a perfect in 4:2b which introduces the consequence. The translation “You must…. If you do,” was chosen to avoid a long and complicated sentence.

[4:2]  ³ tn Heb “bless themselves in him and make their boasts in him.”

[4:12]  ⁴ tn The word “No” is not in the text but is carried over from the connection with the preceding line “not for…”

[4:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “will speak judgments against them.”

[33:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “sprig” or “shoot.”

[48:21]  ¹⁰ sn See the study note on Jer 48:8 for reference to this tableland or high plain that lay between the Arnon and Heshbon.

[48:47]  ¹³ tn See 29:14; 30:3 and the translator’s note on 29:14 for the idiom used here.

[48:47]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”