Discovery BoxJeremiah 9:25
Context9:25 The Lord says, “Watch out! 1 The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh. 2
Jeremiah 21:14
Context21:14 But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,’
says the Lord. 3
‘I will set fire to your palace;
it will burn up everything around it.’” 4
Jeremiah 30:20
Context30:20 The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges.
Their community will be reestablished in my favor 5
and I will punish all who try to oppress them.
Jeremiah 50:31
Context50:31 “Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,” 6
says the Lord God who rules over all. 7
“Indeed, 8 your day of reckoning 9 has come,
the time when I will punish you. 10
[9:25] 2 tn Heb “punish all who are circumcised in the flesh.” The translation is contextually motivated to better bring out the contrast that follows.
[21:14] 3 tn Heb “oracle of the
[21:14] 4 tn Heb “I will set fire in its forest and it will devour its surroundings.” The pronouns are actually third feminine singular going back to the participle “you who sit enthroned above the valley.” However, this is another example of those rapid shifts in pronouns typical of the biblical Hebrew style which are uncommon in English. They have regularly been leveled to the same person throughout in the translation to avoid possible confusion for the English reader.
[30:20] 5 tn Heb “his children will be as in former times and his congregation/community will be established before me.” “His children” refers to “Jacob” who has been referred to in v. 18 in the phrase “I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob.” “His children” are thus the restored exiles. Some commentaries see the reference here to the restoration of numbers in accordance with the previous verse. However, the last line of this verse and the reference to the ruler in the following verse suggests rather restoration of the religious and political institutions to their former state. For the use of the word translated “community” (עֵדָה, ’edah) to refer to a political congregation as well as its normal use to refer to a religious one see 1 Kgs 12:20. For the idea of “in my favor” (i.e., under the eye and regard of) for the Hebrew phrase used here (לְפָנַי, lÿfanay) see BDB 817 s.v. פָּנֶה II.4.a(b).
[50:31] 7 tn Heb “Behold, I am against you, proud one.” The word “city” is not in the text but it is generally agreed that the word is being used as a personification of the city which had “proudly defied” the
[50:31] 8 tn Heb “oracle of the Lord Yahweh of armies.” For the rendering of this title and an explanation of its significance see the study note on 2:19.
[50:31] 9 tn The particle כִּי (ki) is probably asseverative here (so J. A. Thompson, Jeremiah [NICOT], 739, n. 13, and cf. BDB 472 s.v. כִּי 1.e for other examples). This has been a common use of this particle in the book of Jeremiah.
[50:31] 10 tn The words “of reckoning” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
