Jeremiah 50:8

50:8 “People of Judah, ¹  get out of Babylon quickly!

Leave the land of Babylonia! ² 

Be the first to depart! ³ 

Be like the male goats that lead the herd.

Jeremiah 48:33

48:33 Joy and gladness will disappear

from the fruitful land of Moab. ⁴ 

I will stop the flow of wine from the winepresses.

No one will stomp on the grapes there and shout for joy. ⁵ 

The shouts there will be shouts of soldiers,

not the shouts of those making wine. ⁶ 

[50:8]  ¹ tn The words “People of Judah” are not in the Hebrew text but are implicit from the context. They have been supplied in the translation to clarify the subject of the address.

[50:8]  ² tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[50:8]  ³ tn The words “Be the first to leave” are not in the text but spell out the significance of the simile that follows. They have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[48:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the garden land, even from the land of Moab.” Comparison with the parallel passage in Isa 16:10 and the translation of the Greek text here (which has only “the land of Moab”) suggest that the second phrase is appositional to the first.

[48:33]  ⁵ tn Heb “no one will tread [the grapes] with shout of joy.”

[48:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “shouts will not be shouts.” The text has been expanded contextually to explain that the shouts of those treading grapes in winepresses will come to an end (v. 33a-d) and be replaced by the shouts of the soldiers who trample down the vineyards (v. 32e-f). Compare 25:30 and 51:41 for the idea.