Discovery BoxPsalms 142:4
Context142:4 Look to the right and see!
No one cares about me. 1
I have nowhere to run; 2
no one is concerned about my life. 3
Jeremiah 5:1
Context“Go up and down 5 through the streets of Jerusalem. 6
Look around and see for yourselves.
Search through its public squares.
See if any of you can find a single person
who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. 7
[142:4] 1 tn Heb “there is no one who recognizes me.”
[142:4] 2 tn Heb “ a place of refuge perishes from me.”
[142:4] 3 tn Heb “there is no one who seeks for the sake of my life.”
[5:1] 4 tn These words are not in the text, but since the words at the end are obviously those of the
[5:1] 5 tn It is not clear who is being addressed here. The verbs are plural so they are not addressed to Jeremiah per se. Since the passage is talking about the people of Jerusalem, it is unlikely they are addressed here except perhaps rhetorically. Some have suggested that the heavenly court is being addressed here as in Job 1:6-8; 2:1-3. It is clear from Jer 23:18, 22; Amos 3:7 that the prophets had access to this heavenly counsel through visions (cf. 1 Kgs 22:19-23), so Jeremiah could have been privy to this speech through that means. Though these are the most likely addressee, it is too presumptuous to supply such an explicit addressee without clearer indication in the text. The translation will just have to run the risk of the probable erroneous assumption by most English readers that the addressee is Jeremiah.
[5:1] 6 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[5:1] 7 tn Heb “who does justice and seeks faithfulness.”
[5:1] 8 tn Heb “squares. If you can find…if there is one person…then I will…”
