Jeremiah 6:19

6:19 Hear this, you peoples of the earth: ¹ 

‘Take note! ²  I am about to bring disaster on these people.

It will come as punishment for their scheming. ³ 

For they have paid no attention to what I have said, ⁴ 

and they have rejected my law.

Jeremiah 7:29

7:29 So, mourn, ⁵  you people of this nation. ⁶  Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject ⁷  and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’” ⁸ 

Jeremiah 11:6

11:6 The Lord said to me, “Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you ⁹  and carry them out!

Jeremiah 16:5

16:5 “Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: ¹⁰  ‘Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, ¹¹  my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it! ¹² 

Jeremiah 29:6

29:6 Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

Jeremiah 29:28

29:28 For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, ¹³  “You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”’” ¹⁴ 

Jeremiah 30:18-19

The Lord Will Restore Israel and Judah

30:18 The Lord says,

“I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob.

I will show compassion on their ruined homes. ¹⁵ 

Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins. ¹⁶ 

Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site. ¹⁷ 

30:19 Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving ¹⁸ 

and the sounds of laughter and merriment.

I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. ¹⁹ 

I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.

Jeremiah 33:4

33:4 For I, the Lord God of Israel, have something more to say about the houses in this city and the royal buildings which have been torn down for defenses against the siege ramps and military incursions of the Babylonians: ²⁰ 

Jeremiah 34:13

34:13 “The Lord God of Israel has a message for you. ²¹  ‘I made a covenant with your ancestors ²²  when I brought them out of Egypt where they had been slaves. ²³  It stipulated, ²⁴ 

Jeremiah 41:8

41:8 But there were ten men among them who said ²⁵  to Ishmael, “Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. ²⁶  So he spared their lives and did not kill ²⁷  them along with the rest. ²⁸ 

Jeremiah 49:29

49:29 Their tents and their flocks will be taken away.

Their tent curtains, equipment, and camels will be carried off.

People will shout ²⁹  to them,

‘Terror is all around you!’” ³⁰ 

[6:19]  ¹ tn Heb “earth.”

[6:19]  ² tn Heb “Behold!”

[6:19]  ³ tn Heb “disaster on these people, the fruit of their schemes.”

[6:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “my word.”

[7:29]  ⁵ tn The word “mourn” is not in the text. It is supplied in the translation for clarity to explain the significance of the words “Cut your hair and throw it away.”

[7:29]  ⁶ tn The words, “you people of this nation” are not in the text. Many English versions supply, “Jerusalem.” The address shifts from second masculine singular addressing Jeremiah (vv. 27-28a) to second feminine singular. It causes less disruption in the flow of the context to see the nation as a whole addressed here as a feminine singular entity (as, e.g., in 2:19, 23; 3:2, 3; 6:26) than to introduce a new entity, Jerusalem.

[7:29]  ⁷ tn The verbs here are the Hebrew scheduling perfects. For this use of the perfect see GKC 312 §106.m.

[7:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “the generation of his wrath.”

[11:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “the terms of this covenant.” However, this was a separate message and the ambiguity of “this” could still cause some confusion.

[16:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “For thus says the Lord…”

[16:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “my peace.” The Hebrew word שְׁלוֹמִי (shÿlomi) can be translated “peace, prosperity” or “well-being” (referring to wholeness or health of body and soul).

[16:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[29:28]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying….” The quote, however, is part of the earlier letter.

[29:28]  ¹⁸ sn See v. 5.

[30:18]  ²¹ tn Heb “I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob and will have compassion on his habitations.” For the meaning of the idiom “restore the fortunes of” see the translator’s note on 29:14. The “tents of Jacob” refers to their homes or houses (see BDB 14 s.v. אֹהֶל 2 and compare usage in Judg 19:9; Mal 2:12). The word “ruined” has been supplied in the translation to show more clearly the idea of restoration of their houses on their former sites in conformity to the concepts in the latter half of the verse.

[30:18]  ²² sn Heb “on its tel.” A tel is a site where successive layers of occupation are built upon one another after the destruction or decay of the former city. The original site was not abandoned because it had been chosen for strategic purposes, such as proximity to water or ease of defense. Many modern archaeological sites have the designation “Tel” as a component of their name because of this practice.

[30:18]  ²³ tn Heb “according to its custom [or plan].” Cf. BDB 1049 s.v. מִשְׁפָּט 6.d and compare usage in 1 Sam 27:11.

[30:19]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Out of them will come thanksgiving and a sound of those who are playful.”

[30:19]  ²⁶ sn Compare Jer 29:6.

[33:4]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the sword.” The figure has been interpreted for the sake of clarity.

[34:13]  ³³ tn Heb “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘…’” The style adopted here has been used to avoid a longer, more complex English sentence.

[34:13]  ³⁴ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 14, 15).

[34:13]  ³⁵ tn Heb “out of the house of bondage.”

[34:13]  ³⁶ tn Heb “made a covenant, saying.” This was only one of several stipulations of the covenant. The form used here has been chosen as an indirect way of relating the specific stipulation that is being focused upon to the general covenant that is referred to in v. 13.

[41:8]  ³⁷ tn Heb “But there were ten men found among them and they said.” However, for the use of “were found” = “be, happened to be” see BDB 594 s.v. מָצָא 2.c and compare the usage in 41:3.

[41:8]  ³⁸ tn This sentence is a good example of the elliptical nature of some of the causal connections in the Hebrew Bible. All the Hebrew says literally is “For we have hidden stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey in a field.” However, it is obvious that they are using this as their bargaining chip to prevent Ishmael and his men from killing them. For the use of “for” (כִּי, ki) for such elliptical thoughts see BDB 473-74 s.v. כִּי 3.c.

[41:8]  ³⁹ tn Or “So he refrained from killing them”; Heb “he refrained and did not kill them.”

[41:8]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “in the midst of their brothers/fellow countrymen.”

[49:29]  ⁴¹ tn Or “Let their tents…be taken….Let their tent…be carried…. Let people shout….”

[49:29]  ⁴² sn This expression is a favorite theme in the book of Jeremiah. It describes the terrors of war awaiting the people of Judah and Jerusalem (6:25), the Egyptians at Carchemish (46:5), and here the Kedarites.