Jeremiah 51:40

51:40 “I will lead them off to be slaughtered

like lambs, rams, and male goats.” ¹ 

Jeremiah 6:11

6:11 I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, ² 

I am tired of trying to hold it in.”

The Lord answered, ³ 

“Vent it, then, ⁴  on the children who play in the street

and on the young men who are gathered together.

Husbands and wives are to be included, ⁵ 

as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

Jeremiah 39:12

39:12 “Find Jeremiah ⁶  and look out for him. ⁷  Do not do anything to harm him, ⁸  but do with him whatever he tells you.”

Jeremiah 41:12

41:12 So they took all their troops and went to fight against Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the large pool ⁹  at Gibeon.

Jeremiah 32:4

32:4 King Zedekiah of Judah will not escape from the Babylonians. ¹⁰  He will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon. He must answer personally to the king of Babylon and confront him face to face. ¹¹ 

Jeremiah 34:14

34:14 “Every seven years each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you shall set them free.” ¹²  But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention to me.

[51:40]  ¹ tn Heb “I will bring them down like lambs to be slaughtered, like rams and he goats.”

[6:11]  ² tn Heb “I am full of the wrath of the Lord.”

[6:11]  ³ tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the words that follow. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “Pour it out.”

[6:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “are to be captured.”

[39:12]  ³ tn Heb “Get [or fetch] him.” The referent is supplied for clarity.

[39:12]  ⁴ tn Or “take care of him”; Heb “set your eyes on him.” For the meaning of this idiom see BDB 963 s.v. שִׂים 2.c and compare 24:6 where the phrase “for good” is added.

[39:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Don’t do anything evil [= harmful] to him.”

[41:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “the many [or great] waters.” This is generally identified with the pool of Gibeon mentioned in 2 Sam 2:13.

[32:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.

[32:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “his [Zedekiah’s] mouth will speak with his [Nebuchadnezzar’s] mouth and his eyes will see his eyes.” The verbs here are an obligatory imperfect and its vav consecutive perfect equivalent. (See IBHS 508-9 §31.4g for discussion and examples of the former and IBHS 528 §32.2.1d, n. 16, for the latter.)

[34:14]  ⁶ sn Compare Deut 15:12-18 for the complete statement of this law. Here only the first part of it is cited.