Discovery Box| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 37:13) |
2 sn Nothing further is known about Irijah. It is generally agreed that the Hananiah mentioned here is not the same as the false prophet of the same name whom Jeremiah confronted approximately six years earlier (28:1, 5, 10, 15). |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 37:17) |
3 sn Jeremiah’s answer even under duress was the same that he had given Zedekiah earlier. (See Jer 34:3 and see the study note on 34:1 for the relative timing of these two incidents.) |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 38:1) |
2 sn Pashhur was a member of the delegation sent to Jeremiah in 21:2. For the relative sequence of these two delegations see the study note on 21:1. |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 40:5) |
2 tn Heb “set him over/ made him overseer over.” See BDB 823-24 s.v. פָּקִיד Hiph.1 and compare usage in Gen 39:4-5. |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 40:7) |
1 tn Heb “set him over/ made him overseer over.” See BDB 823-24 s.v. פָּקִיד Hiph.1 and compare usage in Gen 39:4-5. |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 41:9) |
2 sn It is generally agreed that the cistern referred to here is one of several that Asa dug for supplying water as part of the defense system constructed at Mizpah (cf. 1 Kgs 15:22; 2 Chr 16:6). |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 46:1) |
2 tn Heb “That which came [as] the word of the |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 46:14) |
1 sn For the location of the cities of Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes see the note on Jer 44:1. These were all cities in Lower or northern Egypt that would have been the first affected by an invasion. |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 48:1) |
6 tn For the meaning of the verb here see BDB 369 s.v. חָתַת Qal.1 and compare usage in Isa 7:8; 30:31. |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 48:7) |
2 sn The practice of carrying off the gods of captive nations has already been mentioned in the study note on 43:12. See also Isa 46:1-2 noted there. |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 48:15) |
3 tn Heb “Oracle of the King whose name is Yahweh of armies.” The first person form has again been adopted because the |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 49:8) |
3 tn Heb “For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him, the time when I will punish him.” Esau was the progenitor of the tribes and nation of Edom (cf. Gen 36:1, 8, 9, 19). |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 49:21) |
2 tn Heb “the Red Sea,” of which the Gulf of Aqaba formed the northeastern arm. The land of Edom once reached this far according to 1 Kgs 9:26. |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Jer 50:2) |
5 sn This refers to the fact that the idols that the Babylonians worshiped will not be able to protect them, but will instead be carried off into exile with the Babylonians themselves (cf. Isa 46:1-2). |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Lam 1:15) |
3 tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Lam 2:7) |
1 tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Lam 2:17) |
1 tn The verb בָּצַע (batsa’) has a broad range of meanings: (1) “to cut off, break off,” (2) “to injure” a person, (3) “to gain by violence,” (4) “to finish, complete” and (5) “to accomplish, fulfill” a promise. |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Lam 2:20) |
5 tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Lam 3:2) |
2 tn The Hiphil of הָלַךְ (halakh, “to walk”) may be nuanced either “brought” (BDB 236 s.v. 1) or “caused to walk” (BDB 237 s.v. 5.a). |
| (0.63491370967742) | (Lam 3:52) |
2 tn The construction צוֹד צָדוּנִי (tsod tsaduni, “they have hunted me down”) is emphatic: Qal infinitive absolute of the same root of Qal perfect 3rd person common plural + 1st person common singular suffix. |
