Jeremiah 49:14

49:14 I said, ¹  “I have heard a message from the Lord.

A messenger has been sent among the nations to say,

‘Gather your armies and march out against her!

Prepare to do battle with her!’” ² 

Jeremiah 10:22

10:22 Listen! News is coming even now. ³ 

The rumble of a great army is heard approaching ⁴  from a land in the north. ⁵ 

It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble,

places where only jackals live.

[49:14]  ¹ tn The words “I said” are not in the text but it is generally agreed that the words that follow are Jeremiah’s. These words are supplied in the translation to make clear that the speaker has shifted from the Lord to Jeremiah.

[49:14]  ² tn Heb “Rise up for battle.” The idea “against her” is implicit from the context and has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:22]  ³ tn Heb “The sound of a report, behold, it is coming.”

[10:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “ coming, even a great quaking.”

[10:22]  ⁵ sn Compare Jer 6:22.