Jeremiah 4:6

4:6 Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. ¹ 

Run for safety! Do not delay!

For I am about to bring disaster out of the north.

It will bring great destruction. ² 

Jeremiah 11:11

11:11 So I, the Lord, say this: ³  ‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 31:8

31:8 Then I will reply, ⁴  ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north.

I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth.

Blind and lame people will come with them,

so will pregnant women and women about to give birth.

A vast throng of people will come back here.

Jeremiah 49:5

49:5 I will bring terror on you from every side,”

says the Lord God who rules over all. ⁵ 

“You will be scattered in every direction. ⁶ 

No one will gather the fugitives back together.

Jeremiah 51:64

51:64 Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments ⁷  I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’”

The prophecies of Jeremiah end here. ⁸ 

Jeremiah 5:15

5:15 The Lord says, ⁹  “Listen, ¹⁰  nation of Israel! ¹¹ 

I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you.

It will be a nation that was founded long ago

and has lasted for a long time.

It will be a nation whose language you will not know.

Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.

Jeremiah 6:19

6:19 Hear this, you peoples of the earth: ¹² 

‘Take note! ¹³  I am about to bring disaster on these people.

It will come as punishment for their scheming. ¹⁴ 

For they have paid no attention to what I have said, ¹⁵ 

and they have rejected my law.

Jeremiah 19:3

19:3 Say, ‘Listen to what the Lord says, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! ¹⁶  The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ¹⁷  says, “I will bring a disaster on this place ¹⁸  that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it ring! ¹⁹ 

Jeremiah 19:15

19:15 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ²⁰  says, ‘I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it ²¹  all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused ²²  to pay any attention to what I have said!’”

Jeremiah 32:42

32:42 “For I, the Lord, say: ²³  ‘I will surely bring on these people all the good fortune that I am hereby promising them. I will be just as sure to do that as I have been in bringing all this great disaster on them. ²⁴ 

Jeremiah 39:16

39:16 “Go ²⁵  and tell Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, ‘The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will carry out against this city what I promised. It will mean disaster and not good fortune for it. ²⁶  When that disaster happens, you will be there to see it. ²⁷ 

Jeremiah 42:17

42:17 All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.’

Jeremiah 45:5

45:5 Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm ²⁸  that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. ²⁹  But I will allow you to escape with your life ³⁰  wherever you go.”’”

Jeremiah 35:17

35:17 So I, the Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, say: ³¹  “I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer.”’”

[4:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Raise up a signal toward Zion.”

[4:6]  ² tn Heb “out of the north, even great destruction.”

[11:11]  ³ tn Heb “Therefore, thus, says the Lord.” The person has been shifted in the translation in accordance with the difference between Hebrew and English style.

[31:8]  ⁵ tn The words “And I will reply” are not in the text but the words vv. 8-9 appear to be the answer to the petition at the end of v. 7. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[49:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “The Lord Yahweh of armies.” For an explanation of the rendering here and of the significance of this title see the study note on 2:19.

[49:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “You will be scattered each man [straight] before him.”

[51:64]  ⁹ tn Or “disaster”; or “calamity.”

[51:64]  ¹⁰ sn The final chapter of the book of Jeremiah does not mention Jeremiah or record any of his prophecies.

[5:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

[5:15]  ¹² tn Heb “Behold!”

[5:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “house of Israel.”

[6:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “earth.”

[6:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Behold!”

[6:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “disaster on these people, the fruit of their schemes.”

[6:19]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “my word.”

[19:3]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”

[19:3]  ¹⁷ sn Careful comparison of the use of this term throughout this passage and comparison with 7:31-33 which is parallel to several verses in this passage will show that the reference is to the Valley of Ben Hinnom which will become a Valley of Slaughter (see v. 6 and 7:32).

[19:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “which everyone who hears it [or about it] his ears will ring.” This is proverbial for a tremendous disaster. See 1 Sam 3:11; 2 Kgs 21:12 for similar prophecies.

[19:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”

[19:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “all its towns.”

[19:15]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “They hardened [or made stiff] their neck so as not to.”

[32:42]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “For thus says the Lord.” See the translator’s notes on 32:27, 36.

[32:42]  ²⁰ tn Heb “As I have brought all this great disaster on these people so I will bring upon them all the good fortune which I am promising them.” The translation has broken down the longer Hebrew sentence to better conform to English style.

[39:16]  ²¹ sn Even though Jeremiah was confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse, he was still free to entertain visitors (32:2, 8). Moreover, Ebed-Melech was an official attached to the royal court and would have had access to the courtyard of the guardhouse (38:7, 13). Jeremiah would not have had to leave the courtyard of the guardhouse to “go and tell” him something.

[39:16]  ²² tn Heb “Behold, I will bring to pass my words against this city for evil/disaster and not for good/good fortune.” For the form of the verb מֵבִי ([mevi] Kethib, מֵבִיא [mevi’] Qere) see GKC 206-7 §74.k, where the same form is noted for the Kethib in 2 Sam 5:2; 1 Kgs 21:21; Jer 19:15 all of which occur before a word beginning with א. For the nuance “carry out” (or “bring to pass”) see BDB 99 s.v. בּוֹא Hiph.2.b.

[39:16]  ²³ tn Heb “And they [= my words for disaster] will come to pass [= happen] before you on that day [i.e., the day that I bring them to pass/carry them out].”

[45:5]  ²³ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

[45:5]  ²⁴ sn Compare Jer 25:31, 33. The reference here to universal judgment also forms a nice transition to the judgments on the nations that follow in Jer 46-51 which may be another reason for the placement of this chapter here, out of its normal chronological order (see also the study note on v. 1).

[45:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “I will give you your life for a spoil.” For this idiom see the translator’s note on 21:9 and compare the usage in 21:9; 38:2; 39:18.

[35:17]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel.” For the title see 7:13 and the study note on 2:19. The first person address is again used in the translation because this whole section is a speech from the Lord (see vv. 12-13).