Jeremiah 52:2

52:2 He did what displeased the Lord ¹  just as Jehoiakim had done.

Jeremiah 36:8

36:8 So Baruch son of Neriah did exactly what the prophet Jeremiah had told him to do. He read what the Lord had said from the scroll in the temple of the Lord. ² 

Jeremiah 40:3

40:3 Now he has brought it about. The Lord has done just as he threatened to do. This disaster has happened because you people sinned against the Lord and did not obey him. ³ 

Jeremiah 38:12

38:12 Ebed Melech ⁴  called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags and worn-out clothes under your armpits to pad the ropes. ⁵  Jeremiah did as Ebed Melech instructed. ⁶ 

[52:2]  ¹ tn Heb “what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

[36:8]  ² tn Heb “And Baruch son of Neriah did according to all that the prophet Jeremiah commanded him with regard to reading from the scroll the words of the Lord in the temple of the Lord.” The sentence has been broken down and the modifiers placed where they belong to better conform to contemporary English style.

[40:3]  ³ tn Heb “Because you [masc. pl.] sinned against the Lord and did not hearken to his voice [a common idiom for “obey him”], this thing has happened to you [masc. pl.].”

[38:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “Ebed Melech the Ethiopian.” The words “the Ethiopian” are unnecessary and are not repeated in the translation because he has already been identified as such in vv. 7, 10.

[38:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “under the joints of your arms under the ropes.” The two uses of “under” have different orientations and are best reflected by “between your armpits and the ropes” or “under your armpits to pad the ropes.”

[38:12]  ⁶ tn Or “Jeremiah did so.” The alternate translation is what the text reads literally.