Jeremiah 5:13

5:13 The prophets will prove to be full of wind. ¹ 

The Lord has not spoken through them. ² 

So, let what they say happen to them.’”

Jeremiah 8:9

8:9 Your wise men will be put to shame.

They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. ³ 

Since they have rejected the word of the Lord,

what wisdom do they really have?

Jeremiah 11:23

11:23 Not one of them will survive. ⁴  I will bring disaster on those men from Anathoth who threatened you. ⁵  A day of reckoning is coming for them.” ⁶ 

Jeremiah 30:9

30:9 But they will be subject ⁷  to the Lord their God

and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them. ⁸ 

Jeremiah 33:6

33:6 But I will most surely ⁹  heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. ¹⁰  I will show them abundant ¹¹  peace and security.

[5:13]  ¹ tn Heb “will be wind.”

[5:13]  ² tc Heb “the word is not in them.” The MT has a highly unusual form here, the Piel perfect with the definite article (הַדִּבֵּר, haddibber). It is undoubtedly best to read with the LXX (Greek version) and one Hebrew ms the article on the noun (הַדָּבָר, haddavar).

[8:9]  ³ tn Heb “be trapped.” However, the word “trapped” generally carries with it the connotation of divine judgment. See BDB 540 s.v. לָכַד Niph.2, and compare usage in Jer 6:11 for support. The verbs in the first two lines are again the form of the Hebrew verb that emphasizes that the action is as good as done (Hebrew prophetic perfects).

[11:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “There will be no survivors for/among them.”

[11:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “the men of Anathoth.” For the rationale for adding the qualification see the notes on v. 21.

[11:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will bring disaster on…, the year of their punishment.”

[30:9]  ⁷ tn The word “subject” in this verse and “subjugate” are from the same root word in Hebrew. A deliberate contrast is drawn between the two powers that they will serve.

[30:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “and to David their king whom I will raise up for them.”

[33:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “Behold I am healing.” For the usage of the particle “behold” indicating certainty see the translator’s note on 1:6. These are the great and hidden things that the Lord promised to reveal. The statements in v. 5 have been somewhat introductory. See the usage of הִנְנִי (hinni) after the introductory “Thus says the Lord” in Jer 32:28, 37.

[33:6]  ¹⁰ sn Compare Jer 30:17. Jerusalem is again being personified and her political and spiritual well-being are again in view.

[33:6]  ¹¹ tn The meaning and text of this word is questioned by KBL 749 s.v. עֲתֶרֶת. However, KBL also emends both occurrences of the verb from which BDB 801 s.v. עֲתֶרֶת derives this noun. BDB is more likely correct in seeing this and the usage of the verb in Prov 27:6; Ezek 35:13 as Aramaic loan words from a root meaning to be rich (equivalent to the Hebrew עָשַׁר, ’ashar).