² tn The words “I made” and “drink it” are not in the text. The text from v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">18 to v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">26 contains a list of the nations that Jeremiah “made drink it.” The words are supplied in the translation here and at the beginning of v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">19 for the sake of clarity. See also the note on v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">26.

² sn The land of Uz was Job’s homeland (Job 1:1). The exact location is unknown but its position here between Egypt and the Philistine cities suggests it is south of Judah, probably in the Arabian peninsula. Lam 4:21 suggests that it was near Edom.

² tn The translation attempts to reflect the emphatic construction of the infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb which is here an obligatory imperfect. (See Joüon 2:371-72 §113.m and 2:423 §123.h, and compare usage in Gen 15:13.)

³ tn The words “like a lion about to attack” are not in the text but are implicit in the metaphor. The explicit comparison of the Lord to a lion is made at the end of the passage in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">38. The words are supplied in the translation here for clarity.

³ sn There is undoubtedly a deliberate allusion here to the reference to the “wars” (Heb “sword”) that the Lord had said he would send raging through the nations (vv. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">16, 27) and the “war” (Heb “sword”) that he is proclaiming against them (v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">29).

¹ tn For this meaning of the verb used here see HALOT 217 s.v. דָּמַם Nif. Elsewhere it refers to people dying (see, e.g., Jer 49:26; 50:30) hence some see a reference to “lifeless.”

² tn This is a way of rendering the Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) which is probably here for emphasis rather than indicating cause (see BDB 473 s.v. כִּי 1.e and compare usage in Jer 22:22).

³ sn The gateway or gate complex of an ancient Near Eastern city was often used for court assemblies (cf. Deut 21:19; 22:15; Ruth 4:1; Isa 29:21). Here the gate of the temple was used for the convening of a court to try Jeremiah for the charge of being a false prophet.

⁴ sn Zion was first of all the citadel that David captured (2 Sam 5:6-10), then the city of David and the enclosed temple area, then the whole city of Jerusalem. It is often in poetic parallelism with Jerusalem as it is here (see, e.g., Ps 76:2; Amos 1:2).

² tn Heb “until the time of his land, even his, comes.” The independent pronoun is placed here for emphasis on the possessive pronoun. The word “time” is used by substitution for the things that are done in it (compare in the NT John 2:4; 7:30; 8:20 “his hour had not yet come”).

¹ tn The imperative with vav (ו) here and in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">12 after another imperative are a good example of the use of the imperative to introduce a consequence. (See GKC 324-25 §110.f and see Gen 42:18. This is a common verb in this idiom.)

² tc Many Hebrew mss read “starvation/famine” which is the second member of a common triad “sword, famine, and plague” in Jeremiah. This triad occurs thirteen times in the book and undoubtedly influenced a later scribe to read “starvation [= famine]” here. For this triad see the note on Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">14:14. The words “disaster and plagues” are missing in the LXX.

¹ sn There is a play on words here in Hebrew between “did not send you” and “will…remove you.” The two verbs are from the same root word in Hebrew. The first is the simple active and the second is the intensive.

² tn Heb “I sent.” This sentence exhibits a rapid switch in person, here from the third person to the first. Such switches are common to Hebrew poetry and prophecy (cf. GKC 462 §144.p). Contemporary English, however, does not exhibit such rapid switches and it creates confusion for the careful reader. Such switches have regularly been avoided in the translation.

² sn Elsewhere Nebuchadnezzar is seen as the one who carried them into exile (cf. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">27:20; 29:1). Here and in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">14 the Lord is seen as the one who sends them into exile. The Lord is the ultimate cause and Nebuchadnezzar is his agent or servant (cf. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">25:9; 27:6 and notes).

⁴ tn The verb here is a good example of what IBHS 431 §26.2f calls the estimative-declarative reflexive where a person presents himself in a certain light. For examples of this usage see 2 Sam 13:5; Prov 13:7.

⁶ tn This word only occurs here in the Hebrew Bible. All the lexicons are agreed as seeing it referring to a collar placed around the neck. The basis for this definition are the cognate languages (see, e.g., HALOT 958-59 s.v. צִינֹק for the most complete discussion).

¹ tn Heb “So do not be afraid, my servant Jacob, oracle of the Lord.” Here and elsewhere in the verse the terms Jacob and Israel are poetic for the people of Israel descended from the patriarch Jacob. The terms have been supplied throughout with plural referents for greater clarity.

¹ sn This refers to the remnant of northern Israel who had not been killed when Assyria conquered Israel in 722 b.c. or who had not died in exile. References to Samaria in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">5 and to Ephraim in vv. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">6, 9 make clear that northern Israel is in view here.

¹ sn For the significance of this metaphor see the note on Jer 14:17. Here the emphasis appears on his special love and care for his people and the hint (further developed in vv. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">21-22) that, though guilty of sin, he considers them like an innocent young virgin.