Discovery BoxJeremiah 6:25
Context6:25 Do not go out into the countryside.
Do not travel on the roads.
For the enemy is there with sword in hand. 1
They are spreading terror everywhere.” 2
Jeremiah 17:22
Context17:22 Do not carry any loads out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day. 3 But observe the Sabbath day as a day set apart to the Lord, 4 as I commanded your ancestors. 5
Jeremiah 19:2
Context19:2 Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. 6 Announce there what I tell you. 7
[6:25] 1 tn Heb “For the enemy has a sword.”
[6:25] 2 tn Heb “Terror is all around!”
[17:22] 3 tn Heb “Do not carry any loads out of your houses on the Sabbath day and do not do any work.” Translating literally might give the wrong impression that they were not to work at all. The phrase “on the Sabbath day” is, of course, intended to qualify both prohibitions.
[17:22] 4 tn Heb “But sanctify [or set apart as sacred] the Sabbath day.” The idea of setting it apart as something sacred to the
[19:2] 5 sn The exact location of the Potsherd Gate is unknown since it is nowhere else mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It is sometimes identified with the Dung Gate mentioned in Neh 2:13; 3:13-14; 12:31 on the basis of the Jerusalem Targum. It is probably called “Potsherd Gate” because that is where the potter threw out the broken pieces of pottery which were no longer of use to him. The Valley of Ben Hinnom has already been mentioned in 7:31-32 in connection with the illicit religious practices, including child sacrifice, which took place there. The Valley of Ben Hinnom (or sometimes Valley of Hinnom) runs along the west and south sides of Jerusalem.
