Discovery Box| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 23:1) |
3 sn Verses he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">1-4 of ch. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">23 are an extended metaphor in which the rulers are compared to shepherds and the people are compared to sheep. This metaphor has already been met with in he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">10:21 and is found elsewhere in the context of the |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 23:5) |
4 tn Heb “he will reign as king and act wisely.” This is another example of the use of two verbs joined by “and” where one becomes the adverbial modifier of the other (hendiadys). For the nuance of the verb “act wisely” rather than “prosper” see Amos 5:13; Ps 2:10 (cf. BDB 968 s.v. שָׂכַל Hiph.5). |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 23:9) |
1 sn Jeremiah has already had a good deal to say about the false prophets and their fate. See he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">2:8, 26; 5:13, 31; 14:13-15. Here he parallels the condemnation of the wicked prophets and their fate (he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">23:9-40) with that of the wicked kings (he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">21:11-22:30). |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 26:19) |
2 tn The he interrogative (הַ)with the negative governs all three of the verbs, the perfect and the two vav (ו) consecutive imperfects that follow it. The next clause has disjunctive word order and introduces a contrast. The question expects a positive answer. |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 26:20) |
3 tn Heb “Now also a man was prophesying in the name of the |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 26:24) |
2 tn Heb “Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah so that he would not be given (even more literally, ‘so as not to give him’) into the hand of the people to kill him.” “Hand” is often used for “aid,” “support,” “influence,” “power,” “control.” |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 27:7) |
3 tn Heb “him.” This is a good example of the figure of substitution where the person is put for his descendants or the nation or subject he rules. (See Gen 28:13-14 for another good example and Acts 22:7 in the NT.) |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 27:16) |
2 sn This refers to the valuable articles of the temple treasury which were carried off by Nebuchadnezzar four years earlier when he carried off Jeconiah, his family, some of his nobles, and some of the cream of Judean society (2 Kgs 24:10-16, especially v. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">13 and see also vv. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">19-20 in the verses following). |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 29:25) |
6 sn According to Jer 52:24 and 2 Kgs 25:18 Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was second in command to the high priest. He was the high ranking priest who was sent along with a civic official to inquire of the |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 29:32) |
2 sn Compare the same charge against Hananiah in Jer 28:16 and see the note there. In this case, the false prophesy of Shemaiah is not given but it likely had the same tenor since he wants Jeremiah reprimanded for saying that the exile will be long and the people are to settle down in Babylon. |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 30:21) |
1 sn The statement their ruler will come from their own number accords with the regulation in Deut 17:15. They would not be ruled by a foreign leader but by one of their own people. In v. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">9 he is specifically said to come from the Davidic line. See the study note there. |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 31:4) |
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. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">21-22) that, though guilty of sin, he considers them like an innocent young virgin. |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 32:5) |
1 sn Compare Jer 34:2-3 for this same prophecy. The incident in Jer 34:1-7 appears to be earlier than this one. Here Jeremiah is confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse; there he appears to have freedom of movement. |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 34:4) |
2 sn The contrast is between death in battle or by execution and death in the normal course of life. Zedekiah was captured, had to witness the execution of his sons, had his eyes put out, and was taken to Babylon where he died after a lengthy imprisonment (Jer 52:10-11). |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 35:14) |
1 tn Heb “The words of Jonadab son of Rechab which he commanded his descendants not to drink wine have been carried out.” (For the construction of the accusative of subject after a passive verb illustrated here see GKC 388 §121.b.) The sentence has been broken down and made more direct to better conform to contemporary English style. |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 36:2) |
2 sn The intent is hardly that of giving a verbatim report of everything that the |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 36:4) |
1 tn Heb “Then Baruch wrote down on a scroll from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 36:25) |
1 tn Heb “And also Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged [or had urged] the king not to burn the scroll, but he did not listen to them.” The translation attempts to lessen the clash in chronological sequencing with the preceding. This sentence is essentially a flash back to a time before the scroll was totally burned (v. he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">23). |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 39:17) |
3 sn Some commentators see this as a reference to the princes from whose clutches Ebed-Melech delivered Jeremiah (he%27s&tab=notes" ver="">38:7-13). However, it is clear that in this context it refers to those that he would fear when the |
| (0.45962339130435) | (Jer 42:2) |
2 sn This refers to the small remnant of people who were left of those from Mizpah who had been taken captive by Ishmael after he had killed Gedaliah and who had been rescued from him at Gibeon. There were other Judeans still left in the land of Judah who had not been killed or deported by the Babylonians. |
