Jeremiah 6:30

6:30 They are regarded as ‘rejected silver’ ¹ 

because the Lord rejects them.”

Jeremiah 2:37

2:37 Moreover, you will come away from Egypt

with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame ² 

because the Lord will not allow your reliance on them to be successful

and you will not gain any help from them. ³ 

Jeremiah 7:29

7:29 So, mourn, ⁴  you people of this nation. ⁵  Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject ⁶  and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’” ⁷ 

[6:30]  ¹ tn This translation is intended to reflect the wordplay in the Hebrew text where the same root word is repeated in the two lines.

[2:37]  ² tn Heb “with your hands on your head.” For the picture here see 2 Sam 13:19.

[2:37]  ³ tn Heb “The Lord has rejected those you trust in; you will not prosper by/from them.”

[7:29]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn The verbs here are the Hebrew scheduling perfects. For this use of the perfect see GKC 312 §106.m.

[7:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “the generation of his wrath.”