Jeremiah 6:22

6:22 “This is what the Lord says:

‘Beware! An army ¹  is coming from a land in the north.

A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

Jeremiah 25:31

25:31 The sounds of battle ²  will resound to the ends of the earth.

For the Lord will bring charges against the nations. ³ 

He will pass judgment on all humankind

and will hand the wicked over to be killed in war.’ ⁴ 

The Lord so affirms it! ⁵ 

Jeremiah 37:16

37:16 So ⁶  Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan’s house. ⁷  He ⁸  was kept there for a long time.

Jeremiah 39:1

39:1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. The siege began in the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah. ⁹ 

Jeremiah 51:56

51:56 For a destroyer is attacking Babylon. ¹⁰ 

Her warriors will be captured;

their bows will be broken. ¹¹ 

For the Lord is a God who punishes; ¹² 

he pays back in full. ¹³ 

[6:22]  ¹ tn Heb “people.”

[25:31]  ² tn For the use of this word see Amos 2:2; Hos 10:14; Ps 74:23. See also the usage in Isa 66:6 which is very similar to the metaphorical usage here.

[25:31]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord has a lawsuit against the nations.” For usage of the term see Hos 4:1; Mic 6:2, and compare the usage of the related verb in Jer 2:9; 12:1.

[25:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “give the wicked over to the sword.”

[25:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[37:16]  ³ tn The particle כִּי (ki) here is probably temporal, introducing the protasis to the main clause in v. 17 (cf. BDB 473 s.v. כִּי 2.a). However, that would make the translation too long, so the present translation does what several modern English versions do here, though there are no parallels listed for this nuance in the lexicons.

[37:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “Jeremiah came into the house of the pit [= “dungeon,” BDB 92 s.v. בּוֹר 4 and compare usage in Gen 40:15; 41:14] and into the cells [this word occurs only here; it is defined on the basis of the cognate languages (cf. BDB 333 s.v. חָנוּת)].” The sentence has been restructured and some words supplied in the translation to better relate it to the preceding context.

[37:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “Jeremiah.” But the proper name is somewhat redundant and unnecessary in a modern translation.

[39:1]  ⁴ sn 2 Kgs 25:1 and Jer 52:4 give the more precise date of the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year which would have been Jan 15, 588 b.c. The reckoning is based on the calendar that begins the year in the spring (Nisan = March/April).

[51:56]  ⁵ tn Heb “for a destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon.”

[51:56]  ⁶ tn The Piel form (which would be intransitive here, see GKC 142 §52.k) should probably be emended to Qal.

[51:56]  ⁷ tn Or “God of retribution.”

[51:56]  ⁸ tn The infinitive absolute emphasizes the following finite verb. Another option is to translate, “he certainly pays one back.” The translation assumes that the imperfect verbal form here describes the Lord’s characteristic actions. Another option is to take it as referring specifically to his judgment on Babylon, in which case one should translate, “he will pay (Babylon) back in full.”