Jeremiah 7:1

Faulty Religion and Unethical Behavior Will Lead to Judgment

7:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ¹ 

Jeremiah 11:1

The People Have Violated Their Covenant with God

11:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ² 

Jeremiah 18:1

An Object Lesson from the Making of Pottery

18:1 The Lord said to Jeremiah: ³ 

Jeremiah 21:3

21:3 Jeremiah answered them, “Tell Zedekiah

Jeremiah 29:27

29:27 You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you! ⁴ 

Jeremiah 30:1

Introduction to the Book of Consolation

30:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah. ⁵ 

Jeremiah 32:6

32:6 So now, Jeremiah said, “The Lord told me, ⁶ 

Jeremiah 34:12

34:12 That was when the Lord spoke to Jeremiah, ⁷ 

Jeremiah 37:6

37:6 The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them, ⁸ 

Jeremiah 43:8

Jeremiah Predicts that Nebuchadnezzar Will Plunder Egypt and Its Gods

43:8 At Tahpanhes the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. ⁹ 

Jeremiah 38:6

38:6 So the officials ¹⁰  took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern ¹¹  of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, ¹²  that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud. ¹³ 

[7:1]  ¹ tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord.”

[11:1]  ² tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.” The proposed translation is more in keeping with contemporary English idiom. Cf. 1:2 and 7:1 and footnotes there.

[18:1]  ³ tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:” This same formula occurs ten other times in Jeremiah. It has already occurred at 7:1 and 11:1.

[29:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “So why have you not reprimanded Jeremiah…?” The rhetorical question functions as an emphatic assertion made explicit in the translation.

[30:1]  ⁵ tn Compare the headings at 7:1; 11:1; 18:1; 21:1 and the translator’s note at those places.

[32:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to me, saying.” This verse resumes the narrative introduction in v. 1 which was interrupted by the long parenthetical note about historical background. There is again some disjunction in the narrative (compare the translator’s notes on 27:2 and 28:1). What was begun as a biographical (third person) narrative turns into an autobiographical (first person) narrative until v. 26 where the third person is again resumed. Again this betrays the hand of the narrator, Baruch.

[34:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying.” This is the resumption of the introduction in v. 8 after the lengthy description of the situation that had precipitated the Lord’s message to Jeremiah. “That was when” is intended to take the reader back to v. 8.

[37:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying.”

[43:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes, saying.”

[38:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they.”

[38:6]  ¹¹ sn A cistern was a pear-shaped pit with a narrow opening. Cisterns were cut or dug in the limestone rock and lined with plaster to prevent seepage. They were used to collect and store rain water or water carried up from a spring.

[38:6]  ¹² tn Heb “the son of the king.” See the translator’s note on Jer 36:26 for the rendering here.

[38:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “And they let Jeremiah down with ropes and in the cistern there was no water, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.” The clauses have been reordered and restructured to create a more natural and smoother order in English.