Jeremiah 5:23

5:23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.

They have turned aside and gone their own way. ¹ 

Jeremiah 7:1

Faulty Religion and Unethical Behavior Will Lead to Judgment

7:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ² 

Jeremiah 11:1

The People Have Violated Their Covenant with God

11:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ³ 

Jeremiah 17:7

17:7 My blessing is on those people who trust in me,

who put their confidence in me. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 17:17

17:17 Do not cause me dismay! ⁵ 

You are my source of safety in times of trouble.

Jeremiah 18:1

An Object Lesson from the Making of Pottery

18:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ⁶ 

Jeremiah 30:1

Introduction to the Book of Consolation

30:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah. ⁷ 

Jeremiah 32:6

32:6 So now, Jeremiah said, “The Lord told me, ⁸ 

Jeremiah 34:12

34:12 That was when the Lord spoke to Jeremiah, ⁹ 

Jeremiah 37:6

37:6 The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them, ¹⁰ 

Jeremiah 43:8

Jeremiah Predicts that Nebuchadnezzar Will Plunder Egypt and Its Gods

43:8 At Tahpanhes the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. ¹¹ 

Jeremiah 50:10

50:10 Babylonia ¹²  will be plundered.

Those who plunder it will take all they want,”

says the Lord. ¹³ 

[5:23]  ¹ tn The words, “their own way” are not in the text but are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[7:1]  ² tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord.”

[11:1]  ³ tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.” The proposed translation is more in keeping with contemporary English idiom. Cf. 1:2 and 7:1 and footnotes there.

[17:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “Blessed is the person who trusts in the Lord, and whose confidence is in the Lord.” However, because this is a statement of the Lord and the translation chooses to show that the blessing comes from him, the first person is substituted for the divine name.

[17:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “do not be a source of dismay for me.” For this nuance of מְחִתָּה (mÿkhittah) rather than “terror” as many of the English versions have it see BDB 370 s.v. מְחִתָּה 1.b and the usage in Prov 21:15. Compare also the usage of the related verb which occurs in the next verse (see also BDB 369 s.v. חָתַת Qal.2).

[18:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:” This same formula occurs ten other times in Jeremiah. It has already occurred at 7:1 and 11:1.

[30:1]  ⁷ tn Compare the headings at 7:1; 11:1; 18:1; 21:1 and the translator’s note at those places.

[32:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to me, saying.” This verse resumes the narrative introduction in v. 1 which was interrupted by the long parenthetical note about historical background. There is again some disjunction in the narrative (compare the translator’s notes on 27:2 and 28:1). What was begun as a biographical (third person) narrative turns into an autobiographical (first person) narrative until v. 26 where the third person is again resumed. Again this betrays the hand of the narrator, Baruch.

[34:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.” This is the resumption of the introduction in v. 8 after the lengthy description of the situation that had precipitated the Lord’s message to Jeremiah. “That was when” is intended to take the reader back to v. 8.

[37:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying.”

[43:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes, saying.”

[50:10]  ¹² tn Heb “The land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[50:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”