Discovery BoxJeremiah 6:15
Context6:15 Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things?
No, they are not at all ashamed.
They do not even know how to blush!
So they will die, just like others have died. 1
They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,”
says the Lord.
Jeremiah 8:12
Context8:12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things?
No, they are not at all ashamed!
They do not even know how to blush!
So they will die just like others have died. 2
They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,
says the Lord.
Jeremiah 39:9
Context39:9 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, 3 took captive the rest of the people who were left in the city. He carried them off to Babylon along with the people who had deserted to him. 4
Jeremiah 52:15
Context52:15 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took into exile some of the poor, 5 the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the rest of the craftsmen.
[6:15] 1 tn Heb “They will fall among the fallen.”
[8:12] 2 tn Heb “They will fall among the fallen.”
[39:9] 3 tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2 and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.
[39:9] 4 tc The translation is based on an emendation of the text which leaves out “the rest of the people who were left” as a double writing of the same phrase at the beginning of the verse. Some commentators emend the phrase “the rest of the people who were left” (הַנִּשְׁאָרִים וְאֶת יֶתֶר הָעָם, hannish’arim vÿ’et yeter ha’am) to read “the rest of the craftsmen who were left” (וְאֶת יֶתֶר הָאָמוֹן הַנִּשְׁאָרִים, vÿ’et yeter ha’amon hannish’arim) on the basis of the parallel in Jer 52:15 (which does not have הַנִּשְׁאָרִים, hannish’arim). However, it is easier to explain the phrase as a dittography of the phrase at the beginning (which is exactly the same except הָעִיר [ha’ir] follows it). The text is redundant because it refers twice to the same group of people. The Hebrew text reads: “And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to him and the rest of the people Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon.” The text has also been divided up to create two shorter sentences to better conform with contemporary English style.
