Jeremiah 6:17

6:17 The Lord said, ¹ 

“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, ²  saying:

‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” ³ 

But they said, “We will not pay attention!”

Jeremiah 23:4-5

23:4 I will install rulers ⁴  over them who will care for them. Then they will no longer need to fear or be terrified. None of them will turn up missing. ⁵  I, the Lord, promise it! ⁶ 

23:5 “I, the Lord, promise ⁷  that a new time will certainly come ⁸ 

when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, ⁹  a descendant of David.

He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding ¹⁰ 

and will do what is just and right in the land. ¹¹ 

Jeremiah 33:14

The Lord Reaffirms His Covenant with David, Israel, and Levi

33:14 “I, the Lord, affirm: ¹²  ‘The time will certainly come when I will fulfill my gracious promise concerning the nations of Israel and Judah. ¹³ 

Jeremiah 29:10

29:10 “For the Lord says, ‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule ¹⁴  are over will I again take up consideration for you. ¹⁵  Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore ¹⁶  you to your homeland. ¹⁷ 

[6:17]  ¹ tn These words are not in the text but are implicit in the interchange of pronouns in the Hebrew of vv. 16-17. They are supplied in the translation here for clarity.

[6:17]  ² tn Heb “I appointed watchmen over you.”

[6:17]  ³ tn Heb “Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet.” The word “warning” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.

[23:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “shepherds.”

[23:4]  ⁵ tn There are various nuances of the word פָּקַד (paqad) represented in vv. 2, 4. See Ps 8:4 (8:5 HT) and Zech 10:3 for “care for/take care of” (cf. BDB 823 s.v. פָּקַד Qal.A.1.a). See Exod 20:5; Amos 3:2; Jer 9:24; 11:22 for “punish” (cf. BDB 823 s.v. פָּקַד Qal.A.3). See 1 Kgs 20:39 and 2 Kgs 10:19 for “be missing” (cf. BDB 823 s.v. פָּקַד Niph.1).

[23:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[23:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[23:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”

[23:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “a righteous sprig to David” or “a righteous shoot” (NAB).

[23:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he will reign as king and act wisely.” This is another example of the use of two verbs joined by “and” where one becomes the adverbial modifier of the other (hendiadys). For the nuance of the verb “act wisely” rather than “prosper” see Amos 5:13; Ps 2:10 (cf. BDB 968 s.v. שָׂכַל Hiph.5).

[23:5]  ¹¹ sn This has been the constant emphasis in this section. See 22:3 for the demand, 22:15 for its fulfillment, and 22:13 for its abuse. The ideal king would follow in the footsteps of his illustrious ancestor David (2 Sam 8:15) who set this forth as an ideal for his dynasty (2 Sam 23:3) and prayed for it to be true of his son Solomon (Ps 72:1-2).

[33:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.” For the first person form of address see the translator’s notes on vv. 2, 10, 12.

[33:14]  ¹¹ sn This refers at the very least to the promises of Jer 23:5-6, 7-8; 30:3; 31:27, 31 where the same formula “The time will certainly come (Heb “Behold the days are coming”)” occurs. Reference may also be to the promises through the earlier prophets of what is alluded to here, i.e., the restoration of Israel and Judah under a Davidic ruler and the revival of the offerings (cf. Hos 1:10-11; 3:4-5; Amos 9:11-12; Isa 11:1-5, 10-16; Jer 30:9, 21 for the former and Jer 31:14; 33:11 for the latter).

[29:10]  ¹³ sn See the study note on Jer 25:11 for the reckoning of the seventy years.

[29:10]  ¹⁴ tn See the translator’s note on Jer 27:22 for this term.

[29:10]  ¹⁵ tn Verse 10 is all one long sentence in the Hebrew original: “According to the fullness of Babylon seventy years I will take thought of you and I will establish my gracious word to you by bringing you back to this place.” The sentence has been broken up to conform better to contemporary English style.

[29:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “this place.” The text has probably been influenced by the parallel passage in 27:22. The term appears fifteen times in Jeremiah and is invariably a reference to Jerusalem or Judah.