Discovery Box| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 26:10) |
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. |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 26:18) |
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). |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 27:7) |
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”). |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 27:17) |
1 tn The imperative with vav (ו) here and in v. Kir+Heres&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.) |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 28:8) |
2 tc Many Hebrew |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 28:16) |
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. |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 29:4) |
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. |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 29:4) |
2 sn Elsewhere Nebuchadnezzar is seen as the one who carried them into exile (cf. Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">27:20; 29:1). Here and in v. Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">14 the |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 29:26) |
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. |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 29:26) |
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). |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 30:10) |
1 tn Heb “So do not be afraid, my servant Jacob, oracle of the |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 31:2) |
1 sn This refers to the remnant of northern Israel who had not been killed when Assyria conquered Israel in 722 |
| (0.1238571875) | (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. Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">21-22) that, though guilty of sin, he considers them like an innocent young virgin. |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 31:18) |
3 sn Jer 2:20; 5:5 already referred to Israel’s refusal to bear the yoke of loyalty and obedience to the |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 31:18) |
4 tn The verb here is from the same root as the preceding and is probably an example of the “tolerative Niphal,” i.e., “I let myself be disciplined/I responded to it.” See IBHS 389-90 §23.4g and note the translation of some of the examples there, especially Isa 19:22; 65:1. |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 31:28) |
1 tn Heb “Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and demolish, so I will watch over them to build and to plant.” The words here repeat those of Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">1:10 and 1:12. |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 32:4) |
2 tn Heb “his [Zedekiah’s] mouth will speak with his [Nebuchadnezzar’s] mouth and his eyes will see his eyes.” The verbs here are an obligatory imperfect and its vav consecutive perfect equivalent. (See IBHS 508-9 §31.4g for discussion and examples of the former and IBHS 528 §32.2.1d, n. 16, for the latter.) |
| (0.1238571875) | (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. |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 32:5) |
3 sn The pronouns are plural here, referring to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Jeremiah had counseled that they surrender (cf. Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">27:12; 21:8-10) because they couldn’t succeed against the Babylonian army even under the most favorable circumstances (Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">37:3-10). |
| (0.1238571875) | (Jer 32:7) |
1 tn Heb “your right.” The term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) here and in v. Kir+Heres&tab=notes" ver="">8 refers to legal entitlement for the option to purchase a property (BDB 1049 s.v. מִשְׁפָּט 5; cf. Deut 21:17). |
