¹ tn Heb “we have been consumed/destroyed by sword or by starvation.” The “we” cannot be taken literally here since they are still alive.

¹ tn Heb “Behold I.” For the use of this particle see the translator’s note on Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">1:6. Here it announces the reality of a fact.

¹ tn The word translated “streams” here refers to the streams of the Nile (cf. Exod 7:19; 8:1) for parallel usage.

¹ tn Heb “inhabitants of daughter Egypt.” Like the phrase “daughter Zion,” “daughter Egypt” is a poetic personification of the land, here perhaps to stress the idea of defenselessness.

¹ tn The reading here follows the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions. The Hebrew text reads “how can you rest” as a continuation of the second person in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">6.

⁵ tn Heb “A sword will follow after you.” The sword is again figurative of destructive forces, here the army of the Babylonians.

¹ sn The actions referred to here were all acts that were used to mourn the dead (cf. Isa 15:2-3).

¹ tn See Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">29:14; 30:3 and the translator’s note on Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">29:14 for the idiom used here.

¹ tn Heb “The Lord Yahweh of armies.” For an explanation of the rendering here and of the significance of this title see the study note on Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">2:19.

¹ tn See Jer 29:14; 30:3 and the translator’s note on Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">29:14 for the idiom used here.

¹ tn See Jer 29:14; 30:3 and the translator’s note on Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">29:14 for the idiom used here.

¹ sn The figure here shifts to that of a burned-up city whose stones cannot be used for building. Babylon will become a permanent heap of ruins.

¹ tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate what is about to take place. See IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.

² sn The wordplay begun with “sound…in Tekoa” in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">1 and continued with “they will pitch” in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">3 is concluded here with “turn away” (וּבִתְקוֹעַ תִּקְעוּ [uvitqoa’ tiq’u] in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">1, תָּקְעוּ [taq’u] in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">3 and תֵּקַע [teqa’] here).

³ tn This word is used only here and in Hos 11:9. It is related to the root meaning “to rouse” (so BDB 735 s.v. I עִיר). Here it refers to the excitement or agitation caused by terror. In Hos 11:9 it refers to the excitement or arousal of anger.

³ sn For earlier references to the term used here see Jer 2:7 where it applies as here to the land, Jer 10:16; 12:8-9 where it applies to the people, and Jer 12:7 where it applies to the temple.

² sn This verse is almost an exact duplication of the petition in one of Jeremiah’s earlier prayers and complaints. See Jer 11:20 and notes there for explanation of the Hebrew psychology underlying the use of “kidneys and heart” here. For the thoughts expressed here see Ps 17.

¹ sn It is generally agreed that the incident recorded in this chapter relates to the temple message that Jeremiah gave in Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">7:1-15. The message there is summarized here in vv. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">3-6. The primary interest here is in the response to that message.

¹ tn The words “The Lord told Jeremiah” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation here to indicate the shift in topic and the shift in addressee (the imperative “tell” is second singular). The introduction supplied in the translation here matches that in v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">30 where the words are in the text.

¹ sn The introductory statement here ties this incident in with the preceding chapter which was the first time that the Lord spoke to him about the matters discussed here. There is no indication of how much time passed between the two incidents though it appears that the situation has worsened somewhat (cf. v. Kir+Heres+AND+book%3A24&tab=notes" ver="">4).