Jeremiah 44:16

44:16 “We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us! ¹ 

Jeremiah 29:28

29:28 For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, ²  “You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”’” ³ 

Jeremiah 26:16

26:16 Then the officials and all the people rendered their verdict to the priests and the prophets. They said, ⁴  “This man should not be condemned to die. ⁵  For he has spoken to us under the authority of the Lord our God.” ⁶ 

Jeremiah 40:10

40:10 I for my part will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians ⁷  whenever they come to us. You for your part go ahead and harvest the wine, the dates, the figs, ⁸  and the olive oil, and store them in jars. Go ahead and settle down in the towns that you have taken over.” ⁹ 

Jeremiah 42:5

42:5 They answered Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as ¹⁰  the Lord sends you to tell us to do.

[44:16]  ¹ tn Heb “the word [or message] you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord.” For an explanation of the rendering of “in the name of the Lord” see the study notes on 10:25 and 23:27.

[29:28]  ² tn Heb “For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying….” The quote, however, is part of the earlier letter.

[29:28]  ³ sn See v. 5.

[26:16]  ³ tn Heb “Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets…”

[26:16]  ⁴ sn Contrast v. 11.

[26:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “For in the name of the Lord our God he has spoken to us.” The emphasis is on “in the name of…”

[40:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[40:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “summer fruit.” “Summer fruit” is meaningless to most modern readers; dates and figs are what is involved.

[40:10]  ⁶ tn This plus “Things will go well with you” is in essence the substance of the oath. The pronouns are emphatic, “And I, behold I will stay…and you, you may gather.” The imperatives in the second half of the verse are more a form of permission than of command or advice (cf. NJPS, REB, TEV and compare the usage in 40:4 and the references in the translator’s note there).

[42:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “do according to all the word which.”