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Few doubt that the prophet from Anathoth wrote the book of Jeremiah, yet questions persist concerning some parts, particularly chapter 52. The use of the third person cannot be used to discredit Jeremiah’s authorship, for Jeremiah used the first and third person, and even the second person, in the same context. For example, 32:6-7 reads: “Jeremiah said [third person], ‘The word of the Lord came to me: [first person] . . . your uncle will come to you [second person]’ ” (rsv).

Show passage in OET: JER 32:6–7

OET-RV JER 32:6

6 Then Yirmiyah said: Yahweh gave me a message, saying:

OET-RV JER 32:7

7 Listen, your cousin Hanamel (your uncle Shalum’s son) is coming to see you and will ask you to buy his field in Anatot, because you have the right to buy it.

OET-LV JER 32:6

6 And_ Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) _he/it _said the _message _of YHWH it _came to_me to_say.

OET-LV JER 32:7

7 HERE Ḩₐnam^ʼēl the _son _of Shallūm uncle _of_your is_about _to _come to_you to_say buy to/for_yourself(m) DOM field _of_my which is_at_ˊAnātōt if/because to/for_yourself(m) the _right _of (the)_redemption to_buy_it.

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The problem of the passage of time provides the strongest argument against the Jeremian authorship of chapter 52. Jeremiah was born about 657 BC. Evil-merodoch released Jehoiachin (52:31) about 95 years later. Jeremiah 52:33 summarizes the continuation of events beyond this time. The problem of location also argues against Jeremian authorship, for Jeremiah took up residence in Egypt (43:6-7) while Jehoiachin dwelt in Babylon. Note also that Jeremiah concludes his writing with chapter 51, making chapter 52 a true editorial appendix. Since chapter 52 parallels 2 Kings 24:18–25:30 OET KI2 24:18–20 · OET KI2 25:1–30, it may be that other portions of Jeremiah that parallel sections of 2 Kings may have been written by someone other than Jeremiah.

Show passage in OET: JER 52:31

OET-RV JER 52:31

31 Some time later on the 25th of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Yehudah’s (Judah) King Yehoyakin, Bavel’s (Babylon) King Evil -Merodak (in the first year of his reign) released King Yehoyakin from prison.

OET-LV JER 52:31

31 And_he/it _was in_thirty and_seven year of_the _exile _of of _Yəhōyākīn/(Jehoiachin) the _king _of Yəhūdāh in_two _plus ten month on_day_twenty and_five of_month ʼEvīl- Mərodak the _king _of Bāⱱel he _lifted _up in_year his _kingdom _of_his DOM the _head _of Yəhōyākīn the _king _of Yəhūdāh and_he _brought _out him from_the _house _of the.

Show passage in OET: JER 52:33

OET-RV JER 52:33

33 Evil -Merodak supplied new clothes for Yehoyakin to wear, and he ate regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

OET-LV JER 52:33

33 And_he _changed DOM the _clothes _of his _imprisonment _of_his and_he/it _will _eat bread before_him continually all _of the _days _of his _life _of_his.

Show passage in OET: JER 43:6–7

OET-RV JER 43:6

6 That included men and women, children, the king’s daughters, and all the people that Nevuzar-Adan, the king’s chief bodyguard Nevuzar-Adan had left with Gedalyah (son of Ahikam, son of Shafan), and including the prophet Yirmiyah and Neriyah’s son Baruk.

OET-RV JER 43:7

7 Then they went to Mitsrayim because they took no notice of Yahweh’s instructions and they arrived at Tahfanhes.

OET-LV JER 43:6

6 DOM the_men and_DOM the_women and_DOM the _little_one[s] and_DOM the _daughters _of the_king and_DOM every _of the_living _creatures whom Nəⱱūzarʼₐdān the_chief _of the_bodyguards he _had _left with Gədal^yāh the _son _of ʼAḩīqām the _son _of Shāfān and_DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) the_prophet and_DOM Bārūk the _son _of Nēriy^yāh.

OET-LV JER 43:7

7 And_they _came the _land _of Miʦrayim if/because not they _had _listened to_the _voice _of YHWH and_they _came to Taḩpanḩēş.

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The following table shows such portions and includes harmonic passages in 2 Chronicles. The first column shows historical (chronological) sequence. The last column provides a brief condensation of content.

Baruch served as the secretary for Jeremiah. The relationship between the two men apparently lasted many years; the prophet gave a word of encouragement as he blessed his helper (45:5). According to the custom of the people, it would have been legitimate for the scribe to write some of the prophet’s messages in his own words. This would not deny inspiration.

Show passage in OET: JER 45:5

OET-RV JER 45:5

5 But maybe you’re hoping for great things for yourself? Don’t hope for that, because listen, disaster is coming for all humanity, but wherever you go, I’m giving you your life as your ‘spoil of war’. That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-LV JER 45:5

5 And_you(ms) you _are _seeking to/for_yourself(m) great_things do _not seek_them if/because HERE_I am_about _to _bring calamity on all _of flesh the _utterance _of YHWH and_I _will _give to/for_yourself(m) DOM life _of_your to_plunder at all _of the_places where you _will _go there.

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That Jeremiah lived and actually wrote the major part of the book bearing his name is authenticated by numerous references in both biblical and nonbiblical sources (e.g., Dn 9; Ecclus 49; Josephus’s Antiquities 10; Talmud: Baba Bathra). The veracity of the historical sections of Jeremiah have abundant confirmation in contemporary biblical books and in the secular histories preserved in Babylon, Egypt, and Persia.

Higher critics sought to discredit the portions of Jeremiah that were omitted by the Septuagint, or to credit passages to a later writer because of style differences (e.g., chs 30–33 OET JER 30:1–24 · OET JER 31:1–40 · OET JER 32:1–44 · OET JER 33:1–26) or spelling differences (as found in chs 27–29 OET JER 27:1–22 · OET JER 28:1–17 · OET JER 29:1–32) or linguistic problems (as in 10:11, written in Aramaic, but this may be a gloss). Another reason for discrediting Jeremiah’s authorship is that critics dated some prophecies later than indicated in the context. This results from their requiring that predictive writing follow the record of its fulfillment. None of these reasons is sufficient cause for doubting authenticity. The Hebrew text deserves priority over the Septuagint. Aramaic contact with the Jews became commonplace during this period (cf. Ezr 4–7 OET EZR 4:1–24 · OET EZR 5:1–17 · OET EZR 6:1–22 · OET EZR 7:1–28; Dn 2–7 OET DAN 2:1–49 · OET DAN 3:1–30 · OET DAN 4:1–37 · OET DAN 5:1–31 · OET DAN 6:1–28 · OET DAN 7:1–28) and therefore explains the presence of Aramaic. Different styles may be expected from the same writer due to differing circumstances and differing purposes. Baruch may have been inspired to write parts of this book and/or edited what Jeremiah wrote. Prediction preceding fulfillment presents no problem for believers.

Show passage in OET: JER 10:11

OET-RV JER 10:11

11 You need to tell them this:
⇔ The gods that didn’t make the heavens and earth
⇔ will perish from the earth and from under these skies.

OET-LV JER 10:11

11 Like_this you(pl)_will _say to_them the_gods who the_heavens and_the_earth not they _made may _they _perish from_the_earth and_from under the_heavens these.

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The special problems of the Septuagint translation of Jeremiah demand attention. The Septuagint translators evidently made an inaccurate translation. About 2,300 Hebrew words are omitted from the Septuagint. After chapter 23, the mistranslation, omissions, and mixed chronological order indicate confusion. However, the Dead Sea Scrolls display texts with both the Hebrew and the Septuagint order, indicating the antiquity of both editions. Both have suffered corruption at the hands of scribes and the ravages of the ages. The Septuagint evidently veers much further from the original, yet it has invaluable clues to help suggest answers to some textual problems. The most evident major shift in the Septuagint consists of the removal of chapters 46–51 OET JER 46:1–28 · OET JER 47:1–7 · OET JER 48:1–47 · OET JER 49:1–39 · OET JER 50:1–46 · OET JER 51:1–64 of the Hebrew order, and the placement of them in the spot from which 25:13b-14 was removed. These chapters are renumbered 26–31 OET JER 26:1–24 · OET JER 27:1–22 · OET JER 28:1–17 · OET JER 29:1–32 · OET JER 30:1–24 · OET JER 31:1–40 but are mixed and changed considerably from the order of the Hebrew Masoretic Text.

The chronological sequence of the messages of Jeremiah constitutes a major problem that cannot be wholly solved. Nonetheless, the book was written during Jeremiah’s ministry (c. 627–586 BC).

After beginning his ministry in Anathoth, Jeremiah moved to Jerusalem, where he remained until he was forced to join the disobedient refugees who arrived in Egypt about 584 BC. Until the deportation of Jehoiachin (597 BC), Jeremiah addressed his messages to the king and the people residing in Judah. Later messages addressed the same group, plus the captives in Babylon (e.g., ch 29). After the departure to Egypt, he addressed Jews in that land.

Part of God’s commission to Jeremiah stated the purpose of Jeremiah’s ministry: “Today I appoint you to stand up against nations and kingdoms. You are to uproot some and tear them down, to destroy and overthrow them. You are to build others up and plant them” (1:10, NLT). The first four parts of the commission required that Jeremiah, appointed as a “chief governor” over nations, should wreck the existing religious and social structures by his preaching against moral and spiritual sin. Doubtless, the physical destruction caused by the Egyptians, Assyrians, and Babylonians was the accoutrement for the truth uttered by the prophet. Jeremiah is consistent in his blasts at moral and religious wickedness, his call to submit to the punishment that God gives through Babylon, and his assurance that such submission will lead to blessing. When Zedekiah asks advice (38:14), we know what Jeremiah will say. When the captains of the refugees ask if they should go to Egypt, we already know the answer (42:3). We may also anticipate the obdurate rejection of God’s message on the part of the inquiring people, who apparently want to know God’s will but have no desire to obey it.

Show passage in OET: JER 1:10

OET-RV JER 1:10

10 I’m appointing you today over the nations and kingdoms—to uproot and to break down, to destroy and to pull down, to build and to plant.”

OET-LV JER 1:10

10 See I_appoint _you the_day the_this over the_nations and_over (the)_kingdoms to_pluck _up and_to_pull _down and_to_destroy and_to_tear _down to_build and_to_plant.

Show passage in OET: JER 38:14

OET-RV JER 38:14

14 One day King Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah) summoned the prophet Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) to meet him at the third entrance to the temple and told him, “I want to ask you something. Don’t refuse to answer honestly and truthfully.”

OET-LV JER 38:14

14 And_ the_king Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) _he _sent and_he/it _took DOM Yirmə^yāh the_prophet to_him/it to an _entrance the_third which in_house _of YHWH and_ the_king _he/it _said to Yirmə^yāh I am_about _to _ask you a _matter do _not hide from_me anything.

Show passage in OET: JER 42:3

OET-RV JER 42:3

3 Ask your god Yahweh to tell us what we should do and where we should go.”

OET-LV JER 42:3

3 So_that _he _may _declare to/for_us YHWH god _of_your DOM the_way which we _will _go in_it and_DOM the_thing which we _will _do.

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Nevertheless, part of Jeremiah’s purpose focuses on the most distant future when the new covenant will supplant the old (31:31-37), and a transformed people bent on obedience rather than sin will receive God’s promised kingdom.

Show passage in OET: JER 31:31–37

OET-RV JER 31:31

31 Listen, Yahweh declares that the time is coming when I’ll make a new agreement with the people of Yisrael (Israel) and Yehudah (Judah).

OET-RV JER 31:32

32 It won’t be like the agreement that I made with their ancestors at the time when I took hold of their hand to bring them out from Mitsrayim (Egypt), when they broke my agreement even though I was a husband to them. That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-RV JER 31:33

33 Yes, Yahweh declares that this is the agreement that I’ll make with the Israeli people after that time: I’ll put my law inside them—writing it on their heart, and I will be their god, and they will be a people for me.

OET-RV JER 31:34

34 Then each man will no longer teach his neighbour or his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh’, because all of them will know me—from the smallest of them to the greatest, because I’ll forgive their disobedience, and I won’t remember their wickedness any longer.

OET-RV JER 31:35

35 Yahweh says this:
⇔ I’m the one who gives the sun for light during the day,
⇔ ≈ and the moon and the stars for light at night.
⇔ He stirs up the ocean, so that its waves roar,
⇔ His name is Commander-in-chief Yahweh.

OET-RV JER 31:36

36 Yahweh declares that if these elements stopped working,
⇔ then Yisrael (Israel) would also permanently cease to exist as a nation.

OET-RV JER 31:37

37 Yahweh says this:
⇔ If the skies above could be measured and be searched out,
⇔ as well as the foundations of the earth below,
⇔ then I would also reject all of Yisrael’s descendants
⇔ for everything that they’ve done.
§ That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-LV JER 31:31

31 HERE days are_coming the _utterance _of YHWH and_I _will _make with the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_DOM the _house _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) a _covenant new.

OET-LV JER 31:32

32 Not like_covenant which I _made with ancestors _of_their in/on_day I_took _hold on_hand _of_their to_bring_them _out from_the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) who they they _broke DOM covenant _of_my and_I I _was _a _husband over_them the _utterance _of YHWH.

OET-LV JER 31:33

33 If/because this is_the_covenant which I _will _make with the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) after the_days the_those the _utterance _of YHWH I _will _put DOM law _of_my in_their _inner _of_being and_on heart _of_their I_will _write _it and_I _will _be to/for_them (into)_god and_they they _will _become to_me (into)_a_people.

OET-LV JER 31:34

34 And_not they _will _teach again each DOM his/its_neighbour and_each DOM his/its_brother to_say know DOM YHWH if/because of _them _of_all they _will _know me (to)_from_their _of_little and_unto their _of_great the _utterance _of YHWH if/because I _will _forgive (to)_iniquity _of_their and_(to)_sin _of_their not I _will _remember again.

OET-LV JER 31:35

35 Thus YHWH who_gives the_sun for_light by _day the_fixed _order(s)_of the_moon and_the_stars for_light night who_stirs _up the_sea and_ waves _of_its _they _roared is_YHWH soldiers/messengers his/its_name he _says.

OET-LV JER 31:36

36 If the _fixed_order(s) the_these they _will _depart from_before_face _of_me the _utterance _of YHWH also the _offspring _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they _will _cease from_being a _nation to/for_my_face/front all _of the_days.

OET-LV JER 31:37

37 Thus YHWH he _says if the_heavens from_to_above they _will _be _measured and_ the_foundations _of the_earth (to)_downwards _they _will _be _explored also I I _will _reject in_all the _offspring _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) on all _of that they _have _done the _utterance _of YHWH.

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National sin brings national punishment. No truth blazes so clearly as this. Gentiles as well as Jews stand under the same judgment, for God is not the God of Israel only.

Individuals are not overlooked in divine judgments on nations. God sets before each the way of life and the way of death (21:8) and appeals to each to choose life (27:13).

Show passage in OET: JER 21:8

OET-RV JER 21:8

8 Then you must tell this to the people:
§ Yahweh says that I’m about to give you the choice between the path to life and the path to death.

OET-LV JER 21:8

8 And_near/to the_people the_this you _will _say thus YHWH he _says here_I am_setting before_you(pl) DOM the _way _of (the)_life and_DOM the _way _of (the)_death.

Show passage in OET: JER 27:13

OET-RV JER 27:13

13 Why would you and your people die from war, famine, and disease, as Yahweh has said will come to any nation that doesn’t serve the Babylonian king?

OET-LV JER 27:13

13 To/for_what you and_people _of_your will _you(pl)_die by_sword by_famine and_by_pestilence just_as YHWH he _has _spoken to the_nation which not it _will _serve DOM the _king _of Bāⱱel.

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Jeremiah illustrates human depravity by questioning if people can change their skin color or leopards their spots (13:23). The depths of depravity reach beyond man’s ability to measure (17:9-10). People even love falsehood (5:30-31). Yet God promises to transform willing subjects who call on him (33:3) by giving them a “new heart” (24:7; 32:38-41) as the climatic provision of the new covenant (31:33-35). The Messiah, who accomplishes the saving work, is called the Lord our Righteousness, the King, the righteous Branch, the Branch of David (23:5-6; 33:15-16).

Show passage in OET: JER 13:23

OET-RV JER 13:23

23 An Kushi (Ethiopian) person can’t change their skin colour
⇔ ≈ and a leopard can’t change its spots.
⇔ Similarly you all aren’t able to do good
⇔ as you’re all so accustomed to doing evil.

OET-LV JER 13:23

23 Will_ a _Kūshiy/(Cushite) _he _change skin _of_his and_a _leopard spots _of_its also you(pl) you(pl)_will _be _able to_do _good Oh_those_accustomed _of (of)_to _do _evil.

Show passage in OET: JER 17:9–10

OET-RV JER 17:9

⇔  9 Human motives are the most deceitful of all.
⇔ They can’t be cured—who can determine them?

OET-RV JER 17:10

10 I am Yahweh who searches the mind.
⇔ I test the motives.
⇔ I give to everyone according to the results of their actions.

OET-LV JER 17:9

9 Is_deceitful the_heart from_all and_is_incurable it who will_he _know _it.

OET-LV JER 17:10

10 I YHWH am_searching the_heart I_am_testing the_kidneys (and)_to_give to_everyone his _ways to _the _fruit _of his _deeds _of_his.

Show passage in OET: JER 5:30–31

OET-RV JER 5:30

30 Something horrible and shocking has happened in the country:

OET-RV JER 5:31

31 The prophets prophesy with lies,
⇔ and the priests rule by their own authority,
⇔ and my people love it this way,
⇔ but what will you all do when it comes to its end?

OET-LV JER 5:30

30 An _atrocious _event and_a _horrible_thing it _has _occurred on _the_earth.

OET-LV JER 5:31

31 The_prophets they _have _prophesied with_falsehood and_the_priests they _are _ruling on hands _of_their and_people _of_my they _have _loved thus and_what will _you(pl)_do to_end _of_its.

Show passage in OET: JER 33:3

OET-RV JER 33:3

3 Call out to me, and I’ll answer you. I’ll tell you amazing things that you haven’t previously known or understood.

OET-LV JER 33:3

3 Call to_me and_I_will _answer _you and_I _will _tell to_you great_things and_incomprehensible_things which_not you_know _them.

Show passage in OET: JER 24:7

OET-RV JER 24:7

7 Then I will give them a desire to know me, because I’m Yahweh. They’ll be my people and I will be their god, so they will turn to me wholeheartedly.

OET-LV JER 24:7

7 And_I _will _give to/for_them a _heart to_know DOM_me if/because _that I am_YHWH and_they _will _be to_me (into)_a_people and_I I _will _become to/for_them (into)_god if/because they _will _return to_me in_all heart _of_their.

Show passage in OET: JER 32:38–41

OET-RV JER 32:38

38 and then they’ll be my people and I’ll be their god.

OET-RV JER 32:39

39 I’ll give them a united vision and a single way to honour me every day so that it’ll turn out good for them and for their descendants after them.

OET-RV JER 32:40

40 Then I’ll make a permanent agreement with them, that I won’t turn away from doing good to them. I’ll set honour for me in their minds, so that they’ll never turn away from me.

OET-RV JER 32:41

41 Then I’ll take pleasure in doing good to them. I’ll faithfully plant them in this land with all my heart and all my life

OET-LV JER 32:38

38 And_they _will _be to_me (into)_a_people and_I I _will _become to/for_them (into)_god.

OET-LV JER 32:39

39 And_I _will _give to/for_them a _heart one and_a _way one to_fear me all _of the_days for_good to/for_them and_for_children _of_their after_them.

OET-LV JER 32:40

40 And_I _will _make to/for_them a _covenant _of perpetuity which not I _will _turn _back from_after_them I_to_do _good _to them and_DOM fear _of_my I _will _put in_heart _of_their to_not to _turn _aside from_with_me.

OET-LV JER 32:41

41 And_I _will _rejoice on_them to_do _good _to them and_I_will _plant _them on _the_earth (the)_this in_faithfulness in_all heart _of_my and_on/over_all being _of_my.

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Show passage in OET: JER 23:5–6

OET-RV JER 23:5

5 Listen, Yahweh declares that the time is coming
⇔ when I will appoint a righteous branch for David
⇔ and he will reign wisely as king
⇔ and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

OET-RV JER 23:6

6 At that time, Yehudah (Judah) will be rescued and Yisrael will live in security,
⇔ and this is the name that he’ll be known by: Yahweh who does what is right for us.

OET-LV JER 23:5

5 HERE days are_coming the _utterance _of YHWH and_I _will _raise _up for_Dāvid a _branch righteous and_he _will _reign a _king and_he _will _act _prudently and_he _will _do justice and_righteousness on _the_earth.

OET-LV JER 23:6

6 In_days _of_his Yəhūdāh/(Judah) it _will _be _saved and_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) it _will _dwell to_security and_this name _of_his which anyone_will _call _him YHWH righteousness _of_is_our.

Show passage in OET: JER 33:15–16

OET-RV JER 33:15

15 In those days and at that time, I’ll make a righteous branch grow for David, and he’ll do what’s fair and right throughout the land.

OET-RV JER 33:16

16 Yehudah will be rescued in those days, and Yerushalem will live in security, because it’ll be called, ‘Yahweh is the one who does what’s right for us,’

OET-LV JER 33:15

15 In _the_days the_those and_at_time (the)_that I _will _cause _to _sprout for_Dāvid a _branch _of righteousness and_he _will _do justice and_righteousness on _the_earth.

OET-LV JER 33:16

16 In _the_days the_those Yəhūdāh it _will _be _saved and_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) it _will _dwell to_security and_this is _that_which anyone _will _call to/for_her/it YHWH righteousness _of_is_our.

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A future nation will be made up of individuals who accept this salvation. Passing through the night of tribulation as of travail (30:6-7), the Jews will understand the true identity of their Messiah, will believe and receive him with repentant sorrow, will be cleansed (33:8), and will be regathered from all countries (32:37) by the omnipotent God (v 27).

Show passage in OET: JER 30:6–7

OET-RV JER 30:6

6 Please ask and find out: can males give birth?
⇔ Why do I see every strong man with his hands on his hips like a woman in labour?
⇔ And why has everyone’s faces gone so pale?

OET-RV JER 30:7

7 Oh dear, that will be a terrible day like nothing that’s come before.
⇔ ≈ It’ll be a distressing time for Ya’akov (Jacob),
⇔ → but he’ll be rescued from it.

OET-LV JER 30:6

6 Ask please and_see if a _male is_giving _birth why have _I _seen every _of man hands _of_his are_on loins _of_his like _(the)_who]_gives _birth and_ all _of faces _have _they _been _changed into_paleness.

OET-LV JER 30:7

7 Woe if/because will _be_great the_day (the)_that from_there_is_not like_it and_will _be_a _time _of distress it for_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) and_from_it he _will _be _saved.

Show passage in OET: JER 33:8

OET-RV JER 33:8

8 Then I’ll purify them from all the evil that they’ve committed against me—I’ll pardon all the times that they disobeyed me, and all the ways that they rebelled against me.

OET-LV JER 33:8

8 And_I_will _cleanse _them from_all iniquity _of_their which they _have _sinned to_me and_I _will _forgive mmm iniquities _of_their which they _have _sinned to_me and_which they _have _rebelled against_me.

Show passage in OET: JER 32:37

OET-RV JER 32:37

37 Listen, I’ll gather them back from every land where I had banished them to in my rage, fury, and great anger. I’m about to bring them back to this place and enable them to live in security,

OET-LV JER 32:37

37 HERE_I will _of_be_gathering _them from_all the_lands where I_have _banished _them there in_anger _of_my and_in_rage _of_my and_in_severe _anger great and_I_will _bring _them _back to the_place the_this and_I_will _cause _them _to _dwell to_security.

Show passage in OET: JER 32:27

OET-RV JER 32:27

27 Listen, I’m Yahweh, the god of all mankind. Is there anything that’s too difficult for me to do?

OET-LV JER 32:27

27 HERE I am_YHWH the _god _of all _of flesh for_me any _of thing is _it_too_difficult.

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Though many see no logical order, a careful reading of Jeremiah will reveal a grouping on the basis of content, as suggested by the following outline:

The prophet opens his ministry with a series of utterances against the sins of Jerusalem (2:1–3:5 OET JER 2:1–37 · OET JER 3:1–5), followed by similar messages (through ch 4), concluding with words of judgment (chs 5–6 OET JER 5:1–31 · OET JER 6:1–28). The message in the temple gate (chs 7–10 OET JER 7:1–34 · OET JER 8:1–22 · OET JER 9:1–26 · OET JER 10:1–21) leads into the proclamation against covenant breakers (chs 11–13 OET JER 11:1–23 · OET JER 12:1–17 · OET JER 13:1–27). The lamentation over the drought (ch 14) and subsequent miseries (ch 15) compares with many similar expressions of grief. Jeremiah did not differ from other prophets in his use of object lessons. The rotted linen waistband (ch 13), the broken jug (ch 19), figs (ch 24), and ox yoke (chs 27–28 OET JER 27:1–22 · OET JER 28:1–17) may be supplemented by human object lessons (ch 35), and even the prophet himself, whose celibacy (16:1-4), resistance to sympathetic consolation (16:5-7), and withdrawal from feasts (16:8-9) all served to illustrate and confirm his message.

Show passage in OET: JER 24:1–10

OET-RV JER 24:1

24 ⇔After the Babylonian King Nevukadnetsar (Nebuchadnezzar) had carried away Yehoyakin, son of Yehudah’s (Judah) King Yehoyakim, as well as Yehudah’s officials and Yerushalem’s (Jerusalem) craftsmen and metalsmiths, and had taken them to Bavel (Babylon), Yahweh showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of his temple.

OET-RV JER 24:2

2 One basket of figs was very good like early, ripe figs, but the figs in the other basket were so bad that they weren’t edible.

OET-RV JER 24:3

3 Then Yahweh asked me, “Yirmiyah (Jeremiah), what do you see?”
¶ “Figs,” I replied. “Some figs that look very good, and others that are so bad they’re inedible.”

OET-RV JER 24:4

4 Then Yahweh gave me this message:

OET-RV JER 24:5

5 Yisrael’s (Israel) god, Yahweh, says this: I’ll look favourably at the exiles from Yehudah just like those good figs, the exiles that I’ve sent out from this place to Bavel.

OET-RV JER 24:6

6 I’ll give them my favour and restore them to this land. I’ll build them up, and not tear them down. I’ll plant them, and not uproot them.

OET-RV JER 24:7

7 Then I will give them a desire to know me, because I’m Yahweh. They’ll be my people and I will be their god, so they will turn to me wholeheartedly.

OET-RV JER 24:8

8 But Yahweh declares that just like those bad figs that are inedible will be discarded, I’ll act in that same way towards Yehudah’s King Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah), along with his officials and the rest of Yerushalem (Jerusalem) who remain in this land or go to stay in the land of Mitsrayim (Egypt).

OET-RV JER 24:9

9 I’ll turn them into something horrifying—a disaster, right there in the sight of all the world’s kingdoms—a disgrace and a subject for proverbs, taunts, and curses in every place that I’ll drive them into.

OET-RV JER 24:10

10 I’ll send armies, famine, and disease against them until they’re destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their ancestors.

OET-LV JER 24:1

24 He_showed _me YHWH and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE two _of baskets _of figs were_set to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the _temple _of YHWH after Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar the _king _of Bāⱱel took _into _exile DOM Yəkon^yāh/(Jeconiah) the _son _of Yəhōyāqīm/(Jehoiakim) the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_DOM the _officials _of Yəhūdāh and_DOM the_craftsman and_DOM the_smith from_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_he_brought _them Bāⱱel.

OET-LV JER 24:2

2 The_basket one was_figs good very like_the _figs _of the _early _figs and_the_basket one was_figs bad very which not they _will _be _eaten from_badness.

OET-LV JER 24:3

3 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to_me what are_you seeing Oh _Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) and_I _said figs the_figs (the)_good are_good very and_the _bad_figs are_bad very which not they _will _be _eaten from_badness.

OET-LV JER 24:4

4 And_ the _message _of YHWH _he/it _was to_me to_say.

OET-LV JER 24:5

5 Thus YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says like_figs (the)_good the_these so I _will _regard DOM the _exile[s]_of Yəhūdāh whom I _have _sent from the_place the_this the _land _of the_ones_from _Kasdiy for_good.

OET-LV JER 24:6

6 And_I _will _set eye _of_my on_them for_good and_I_will _bring _them _back to the_earth/land (the)_this and_I_will _build _them _up and_not I _will _tear_them_down and_I_will _plant _them and_not I _will _pluck_them_up.

OET-LV JER 24:7

OET-LV JER 24:8

8 And_like_figs (the)_bad which not they _will _be _eaten from_badness if/because thus YHWH he _says so I _will _make DOM Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_DOM officials _of_his and_DOM the _remnant _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) those_who_remain on _the_earth (the)_this and_those_who_dwell in_land of _Miʦrayim/(Egypt).

OET-LV JER 24:9

9 And_I_will _make _them mmm into_an _evil to_all/each/any/every the _kingdoms _of the_earth/land into_a _reproach and_into_a _byword into_a _taunt and_into_a _curse in_all the_places where I_will _banish _them there.

OET-LV JER 24:10

10 And_I _will _send on_them DOM the_drought//sword/knife DOM the_famine and_DOM the_pestilence until they_are _finished from_under the_soil which I _gave to/for_them and_to_ancestors _of_their.

Show passage in OET: JER 16:1–4

OET-RV JER 16:1

16 Then Yahweh gave me a message, telling me:

OET-RV JER 16:2

2 Don’t get married and don’t have children in this place

OET-RV JER 16:3

3 because Yahweh says this to the children born in this place and to the parents who brought them into this world:

OET-RV JER 16:4

4 They’ll die from disease and not be mourned or buried—
⇔ they’ll be like dung on the ground.
⇔ They’ll come to their ends through war and famine,
⇔ and their corpses will become food for the birds and the wild animals.

OET-LV JER 16:1

16 And_ the _message _of YHWH _he/it _was to_me to_say.

OET-LV JER 16:2

2 Not you _must _take to/for_yourself(m) a _wife and_not they _will _belong to/for_yourself(m) sons and_daughters in_place (the)_this.

OET-LV JER 16:3

3 If/because thus YHWH he _says on the_sons and_on the_daughters (the)_born in_place the_this and_on mothers _of_their who_bore them and_on fathers _of_their who_fathered them on _the_earth (the)_this.

OET-LV JER 16:4

4 Deaths _of diseases they _will _die not they _will _be _mourned and_not they _will _be _buried (into)_dung on the _surface _of the_soil they _will _become and_by_sword and_by_famine they _will _come _to _an _end and_ corpse[s]_of_their _it _will _become for_food for_the _bird[s]_of the_heavens and_for_the _animal[s]_of the_earth/land.

Show passage in OET: JER 16:5–7

OET-RV JER 16:5

5 Yes, Yahweh says this:
⇔ Don’t enter a home where there’s a funeral.
⇔ Don’t go to mourn or to show sympathy to them,
⇔ because I’ve withdrawn my peace from this people,
⇔ as well as my compassion and loyal commitment.
§ That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-RV JER 16:6

6 Both the important people and the ordinary people will die in this land.
⇔ They won’t be buried and no one will mourn for them,
⇔ or cut themselves or shave off their hair to show grief for them.

OET-RV JER 16:7

7 No one must share any food to comfort those in mourning because of the deaths,
⇔ ≈ and no one must give a comforting cup to his father or mother.

OET-LV JER 16:5

5 If/because thus YHWH he _says do _not enter a _house _of mourning and_do _not go to_lament and_do _not show _sympathy to/for_them if/because I _have _withdrawn DOM peace _of_my from_with the_people the_this the _utterance _of YHWH DOM the _covenant_loyalty and_DOM (the)_compassion(s).

OET-LV JER 16:6

6 And_ great_people and_insignificant_people _they _will _die on _the_earth (the)_this not they _will _be _buried and_not people _will _mourn to/for_them and_not anyone _will _cut _himself and_not anyone _will _make _himself _bald to/for_them.

OET-LV JER 16:7

7 And_not people _will _break to/for_them on mourning to_comfort_him on a _dead_person and_not people _will _give _to _drink them a _cup _of consolations on his/its_father and_on his/its_mother.

Show passage in OET: JER 16:8–9

OET-RV JER 16:8

8 Don’t go to a dining establishment to sit with them to eat and drink

OET-RV JER 16:9

9 because Yisrael’s (Israel) god, Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this:
⇔ Listen, right in front of your eyes, in your lifetime and in this place,
⇔ I’m about to make the sounds of happiness and gladness cease—
⇔ including the sounds of brides and grooms.

OET-LV JER 16:8

8 And_a _house _of a _feast not you _must _go to_sit with_them to_eat and_to_drink.

OET-LV JER 16:9

9 If/because thus YHWH soldiers/messengers the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says HERE_I am_about _to _cause _to _cease from the_place the_this to_eyes _of_your(pl) and_in_days _of_your(pl) the_sound _of joy and_the_sound _of gladness the_sound _of a _bridegroom and_the_sound _of a _bride.

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Places where Jeremiah proclaimed his messages helped bear home his point. He stood in the public gate, where kings came and went, to proclaim that judgment (fire) would come through the gate (17:19, 27 OET JER 17:19 · OET JER 17:27; 39:3). Then he went to the potter’s house (ch 18), and then to Hinnom or Topath, which would be called the Valley of Slaughter (ch 19).

Show passage in OET: JER 17:19; JER 17:27

OET-RV JER 17:19

19 Yahweh told me this:
⇔ Go and stand in at gate of the people where Yehudah’s (Judah) kings come and go,
⇔ then in all the other gates of Yerushalem (Jerusalem).

OET-RV JER 17:27

27 But if you don’t listen to me
⇔ and don’t set apart the rest day
⇔ and don’t carry heavy loads to enter Yerushalem’s gates on the rest day,
⇔ then I’ll light a fire at its gates that will incinerate Yerushalem’s fortresses,
⇔ and that won’t be able to be put out.

OET-LV JER 17:19

19 Thus YHWH he _said to_me go and_you _will _stand in_the _gate _of the _sons _of the _people which they _go in_him/it the _kings _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_which they _go _out in_him/it and_in_all _of the _gates _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem).

OET-LV JER 17:27

27 And_if not you(pl)_will _listen to_me to_set _apart _as _holy DOM the _day _of the _sabbath and_to_not to _carry a _burden and_to _go in_the _gates _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) in/on_day of_the _sabbath and_I _will _kindle a _fire in_gates _of_its and_it _will _consume the _fortresses _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_not it _will _be _extinguished.

Show passage in OET: JER 39:3

OET-RV JER 39:3

3 Then all of the Babylonian king’s officials came and sat at the middle gate, including the top official Nevu-Sar -Sekim, and Samgar-Nevu and Sarsekim.

OET-LV JER 39:3

3 And_ all _of the _officials _of the _king _of Bāⱱel _they _came and_they _lived in_the _gate _of the _middle Nērəggal- Sharʼeʦer Nērəggal- Şamgar Nəⱱō Sar- sekim the_Raⱱ _of şārīş Nērəggal- Sharʼeʦer Nērəggal- the_Raⱱ māg and_all the _rest _of the _officials _of the _king _of Bāⱱel.

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The persecution suffered by Jeremiah first hinted at (1:8), then predicted (v 19), expresses its venom privately from his home village (11:19-23). The prophet’s kindred join the opposition (12:6). Public opposition brings beatings and the stocks (20:2-3). Jeremiah prefers to keep silent rather than to speak and suffer (v 9), but he cannot withhold the word that is as fire in his bones. The result: all his familiars reproached, derided, terrorized, and denounced him, then sought his death (vv 7-18). Jeremiah escaped death at the hands of priests, prophets, and people only because he had a few faithful friends (26:8-24). When his prophecies began to materialize, hatred mounted. He was beaten and put into a dungeon for many days (37:14-17) on a false charge. Temporary relief at the guardhouse (v 21) lasted only a few days. Officials clamored again for his death (38:4) and put him into a cistern, where he sank in the mire (v 6). His rescue (v 10) preserved his life, but his imprisonment at the guardhouse continued (v 28). His writings were cut up and burned (36:23); his words were denied and rejected (43:1-7; 44:16).

Show passage in OET: JER 1:8

OET-RV JER 1:8

8 Don’t be afraid of them, because I’ll be with you to rescue you.”
§ That’s Yahweh’s message.

OET-LV JER 1:8

8 Do _not be _afraid from_their_face/front if/because will_be_with _you I to_deliver_you the _utterance _of YHWH.

Show passage in OET: JER 1:19

OET-RV JER 1:19

19 They’ll oppose you but they won’t be able to defeat you because I’ll be with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.

OET-LV JER 1:19

19 And_they _will _fight against_you and_not they _will _prevail to/for_you(fs) if/because will_be_with _you I the _utterance _of YHWH to_deliver_you.

Show passage in OET: JER 11:19–23

OET-RV JER 11:19

19 I was like a tame lamb being led to be slaughtered, and I didn’t know that they had made plans against me, saying, ‘Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and cut him off from the land of the living. Then his name won’t be remembered any longer.’

OET-RV JER 11:20

20 Then I prayed, “Commander-in-chief Yahweh who always judges fairly, examining our inner thoughts and motives, let me see your vengeance on them, because I’ve presented my case to you.”

OET-RV JER 11:21

21 So Yahweh said it was some men of Anatot who were wanting to kill me, saying that I mustn’t prophesy in Yahweh’s name or else they’d make sure that I die.

OET-RV JER 11:22

22 Therefore Commander-in-chief Yahweh says, “Listen, I’m about to punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, and their children will die from famine.

OET-RV JER 11:23

23 There won’t be any of them left, because I will bring calamity to the people from Anatot at the time of their punishment.”

OET-LV JER 11:19

19 And_I had_been_like _a _lamb a _tame _one which_it _is _led to_slaughter and_not I _knew if/because _that on_me they _had _planned plans let _us _destroy the_tree with_bread _of_its and_let_us _cut _him _off from_the_land _of the_living and_his/its_name not may _it _be _remembered again.

OET-LV JER 11:20

20 And_YHWH soldiers/messengers who_judges _of (of)_righteousness who_tests kidneys and_heart let _me _see vengeance _of_your from_them if/because to_you I _have _made _known DOM case _of_my.

OET-LV JER 11:21

21 For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH he _says on the _people _of ˊAnātōt who_are_seeking DOM life _of_your to_say not you _must _prophesy in/on_name _of YHWH and_not you _will _die by_hand _of_our.

OET-LV JER 11:22

22 For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH soldiers/messengers he _says HERE_I am_about _to _visit_judgement on_them the _young_men they _will _die by_sword sons _of_their and_daughters _of_their they _will _die by_famine.

OET-LV JER 11:23

23 And_a _remnant not it _will _belong to/for_them if/because I _will _bring calamity to the _people _of ˊAnātōt the _year _of their _punishment _of_their.

Show passage in OET: JER 12:6

OET-RV JER 12:6

6 Even your brothers and other family members are working against you.
⇔ ≈ They speak out against you.
⇔ Don’t trust them when they say good things about you.

OET-LV JER 12:6

6 If/because also brothers _of_your and_the _house _of your _father _of_your also they they _have _dealt _treacherously with_you also they they _have _called _out after_you full do _not trust in_them if/because they _speak to_you good _things.

Show passage in OET: JER 20:2–3

OET-RV JER 20:2

2 and he struck the prophet Yirmiyah. Then he placed him in the stocks that were at the upper gate of Benyamin hear Yahweh’s house.

OET-RV JER 20:3

3 The next day, when Pashhur released Yirmiyah from the stocks, Yirmiyah said to him, “Yahweh won’t call you ‘Pashhur’, but ‘Magor -Misaviv’ (which means ‘surrounded by terror’),

OET-LV JER 20:2

2 And_ Pashḩūr _he _struck DOM Yirmə^yāh the_prophet and_he/it _gave DOM_him/it on the_stock[s] which was_at_the _gate _of Binyāmīn (the)_upper which in_house _of YHWH.

OET-LV JER 20:3

3 And_he/it _was from_the_next _day and_ Pashḩūr _he _brought _out DOM Yirmə^yāh from the_stock[s] and_he/it _said to_him/it Yirmə^yāh not Pashḩūr YHWH he _has _called your(ms)_name if/because (if) Magor- missabib_all _around.

Show passage in OET: JER 20:9

OET-RV JER 20:9

9 If I say that I won’t mention him
⇔ and won’t speak in his name anymore,
⇔ then his message becomes a fire burning in my heart—
⇔ shut up in my bones.
⇔ Then I get worn out holding it in,
⇔ and I can’t continue to do it.

OET-LV JER 20:9

9 And_I _will _say not I_will _remember _him and_not I _will _speak again in_name _of_his and_it _was in_heart _of_my like_a _fire burning shut _up in_bones _of_my and_I _will _be _weary to _hold_it_in and_not I _will _be _able.

Show passage in OET: JER 20:7–18

OET-RV JER 20:7

7 Yahweh, you’ve deceived me, and I was deceived.
⇔ ≈ You’ve overcome me and prevailed.
⇔ I’m laughed at all day long—
⇔ ≈ everyone mocks me.

OET-RV JER 20:8

⇔  8 Yes, whenever I speak, I call out loudly.
⇔ I proclaim violence and destruction
⇔ because Yahweh’s message has become a reproach and derision for me, all day long.

OET-RV JER 20:9

OET-RV JER 20:10

10 Yes, I’ve heard many people whispering
⇔ that terror is all around.
⇔ They want to publicly denounce me.
⇔ All my trusted friends watch for my fall:
⇔ “Perhaps he can be deceived
⇔ so that we may prevail against him
⇔ and take out our vengeance on him.”

OET-RV JER 20:11

11 However Yahweh is like a fearsome warrior with me,
⇔ therefore my persecutors will stumble and won’t prevail.
⇔ Because they won’t succeed, they’ll be totally put to shame—
⇔ an everlasting disgrace that’ll never be forgotten.

OET-RV JER 20:12

12 Commander-in-chief Yahweh, who examines the righteous people,
⇔ who sees the thoughts and motives,
⇔ let me see your vengeance on them,
⇔ → because I’ve made my case known to you.

OET-RV JER 20:13

13 Sing to Yahweh.
⇔ Praise Yahweh because he’s rescued the lives of those who are oppressed from the clutch of those who do evil.

OET-RV JER 20:14

⇔  14 Let the day when I was born be cursed.
⇔ ≈ Don’t let the day that my mother gave birth to me be blessed.

OET-RV JER 20:15

15 Let the man who brought the news to my father be cursed—
⇔ ≈ The one who said, ‘You now have a son,’ causing great celebration.

OET-RV JER 20:16

16 Let that man be like the cities that Yahweh overthrew without having compassion on them.
⇔ ≈ Let him hear a cry for help in the dawn and a battle cry at noontime,

OET-RV JER 20:17

17 because he didn’t kill me in the womb—
⇔ → making my mother become my tomb—her womb forever pregnant.

OET-RV JER 20:18

18 Why did I come out from the womb to see trouble and sorrow,
⇔ ≈ and to end my days in shame?

OET-LV JER 20:7

7 You_deceived _me Oh_YHWH and_I _was _deceived you_prevailed _over _me and_you _prevailed I _have _become (into)_a_laughing-stock all _of the_day of _it _of_all is_mocking to_me.

OET-LV JER 20:8

8 If/because from_sufficiency I _speak I _cry _out violence and_havoc I _proclaim if/because the _message _of YHWH it _has _become to_me (into)_a_reproach and_(into)_derision all _of the_day.

OET-LV JER 20:9

OET-LV JER 20:10

10 If/because I _have _heard the_whispering _of many_people terror is_from_round _about tell and_let_us _tell _about _him every _of (the)_person _of my _peace _of_my are_watching _of stumbling _of_(of)_my perhaps he _will _be _deceived and_we _will _prevail to_him/it and_we _will _take vengeance _of_our from_him.

OET-LV JER 20:11

11 And_YHWH is_with_me like_a _warrior ruthless therefore yes/correct/thus/so those _of_who_pursue _me they _will _stumble and_not they _will _prevail they _will _be _ashamed exceedingly if/because not they _will _succeed ignominy _of perpetuity not it _will _be _forgotten.

OET-LV JER 20:12

12 And_Oh_YHWH soldiers/messengers who_tests the_righteous who_sees kidneys and_heart let _me _see vengeance _of_your from_them if/because to_you I _have _made _known DOM case _of_my.

OET-LV JER 20:13

13 Sing to/for_YHWH praise DOM YHWH if/because he _has _delivered DOM the_life _of the_needy from_the_hand _of evil-doers.

OET-LV JER 20:14

14 The_day when I _was _born in/on/over_him/it be_cursed the_day when she_bore _me mother _of_my not let _it _be blessed.

OET-LV JER 20:15

15 The_man who he _bore _the _news DOM father _of_my to_say he _has _been _born to/for_yourself(m) a _son a _male greatly _(make _rejoice) he_made _him _rejoice be_cursed.

OET-LV JER 20:16

16 And_it _was the_man (the)_that like_cities which YHWH he _overthrew and_not he _had _compassion and_he _will _hear a _cry _of _distress in_morning and_a _shout _of _alarm at_the_time _of noon(s).

OET-LV JER 20:17

17 That not he_killed _me from_the_womb and_it _became to_me mother _of_my grave _of_my and_womb _of_her was_pregnant _of perpetuity.

OET-LV JER 20:18

18 To/for_what this from_the_womb did _I _come _forth to_see trouble and_sorrow and_they _have _come _to _an _end in_shame days _of_my.

Show passage in OET: JER 37:14–17

OET-RV JER 37:14

14 But Yirmiyah disputed, “That’s a lie—I’m not deserting to the Babylonians.” However Yiriyah wouldn’t listen to him and he arrested him and took him to the officials.

OET-RV JER 37:15

15 The officials were angry at Yirmiyah and they had him beaten and put in prison. (The place had been the house of the scribe Yonatan (Jonathan), but it had been converted into a prison.)

OET-RV JER 37:16

16 So Yirmiyah was kept there in an underground cell for several days.

OET-RV JER 37:17

17 Then King Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah) sent someone to fetch Yirmiyah, and in his house, the king asked him privately, “Is there any message from Yahweh?”
¶ “There is a message,” Yirmiyah answered. “You’ll be handed over to the Babylonian king.”

OET-LV JER 37:14

14 And_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _said a _lie not_I am_falling on the_ones_from _Kasdiy and_not he _listened to_him/it and_ Yirʼiyyāyh/(Irijah) _he _seized (in)_Yirmə^yāh and_he_brought _him to the_officials.

OET-LV JER 37:15

15 And_ the_officials _they _were _angry towards Yirmə^yāh and_they _struck DOM_him/it and_they _put him the _house _of (the)_fetter[s] the _house _of Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) the_scribe if/because DOM_him/it they _had _made into _(the)_house _of (the)_imprisonment.

OET-LV JER 37:16

16 If/because Yirmə^yāh he _went into the _house _of the _cistern and_near/to the_cells and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived there Yirmə^yāh days many.

OET-LV JER 37:17

17 And_ the_king Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) _he _sent and_he_took _him and_he_asked _him the_king in_house _of_his in_secrecy and_he/it _said is_there a _message from_with YHWH and_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _said there_is and_he/it _said in_the _hand _of the _king _of Bāⱱel you _will _be _given.

Show passage in OET: JER 37:21

OET-RV JER 37:21

21 So King Tsidkiyah ordered that Yirmiyah be held in the guards’ courtyard, and he was given a loaf of bread every day from the bakers’ street, until the time when all the bread in the city ran out. But Yirmiyah remained confined in the guards’ courtyard.

OET-LV JER 37:21

21 And_ the_king Tsidqiy^yāh _he _commanded and_they _deposited DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) in_the _courtyard _of the _guard and_they _gave to_him/it a _round _loaf _of bread to_day from_the _street _of the _bakers until all _of the_bread was _finished from the_city and_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_the _courtyard _of the _guard.

Show passage in OET: JER 38:4

OET-RV JER 38:4

4 So those officials went to King Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah) and requested that Yirmiyah be executed because (they claimed) his messages were discouraging their warriors defending the city and discouraging all the people. They claimed that he wasn’t advancing the people’s safety, but causing harm.

OET-LV JER 38:4

4 And_ the_officials _they _said to the_king let _him _be _put _to _death please DOM the_man the_this if/because therefore yes/correct/thus/so he is_making _drop DOM the _hands _of the _men _of (the)_war who_remain in_city (the)_this and_DOM the _hands _of all _of the_people by_speaking to_them according_the _words/messages the_these if/because the_man the_this not_he is_seeking for_welfare for_people the_this if/because (if) for_harm.

Show passage in OET: JER 38:6

OET-RV JER 38:6

6 So they took Yirmiyah and put him into the water storage cistern carved out by the king’s son Malkiyah. It was right there in the guards’ courtyard, and they lowered Yirmiyah down with ropes. There wasn’t any water left in the cistern, but it was still muddy at the bottom and he sank down into the mud.

OET-LV JER 38:6

6 And_they _took DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) and_they _threw DOM_him/it into the_cistern of _Malkīy^yāh the _son _of the_king which was_in_the _courtyard _of the _guard and_they _let _down DOM Yirmə^yāh with_ropes and_in_cistern there_was_not water if/because (if) mud and_ Yirmə^yāh _he _sank in_mud.

Show passage in OET: JER 38:10

OET-RV JER 38:10

10 Then the king ordered Eved -Melek to take command of thirty of the king’s men to go and get the prophet Yirmiyah out of the cistern so he wouldn’t die down there.

OET-LV JER 38:10

10 And_ the_king _he _commanded DOM ˊEⱱed Melek the_Kūshiy to_say take in_hand _of_your from_here thirty men and_you _will _bring _up DOM Yirmə^yāh the_prophet from the_cistern before_before he _will _die.

Show passage in OET: JER 38:28

OET-RV JER 38:28

28 so Yirmiyah remained in the guards’ courtyard until the day that Yerushalem (Jerusalem) was captured.

OET-LV JER 38:28

28 And_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_the _courtyard _of the _guard until the_day when Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) it _was _captured and_it _was just_as Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) it _was _captured.

Show passage in OET: JER 36:23

OET-RV JER 36:23

23 Whenever Yehudi had read a couple of columns, the king would slice it off with a knife and toss it into the fire until the entire scroll was gone,

OET-LV JER 36:23

23 And_he/it _was just_ Yəhūdī/(Jehudi) _as _read _aloud three doors and_four he_tore _it with_the _knife _of the _scribe and_he _threw_it into the_fire which was_to the_fire-pot until all _of the_scroll was _consumed on the_fire which was_on the_fire-pot.

Show passage in OET: JER 43:1–7

OET-RV JER 43:1

43 When Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) had finished passing on Yahweh’s messages that their god Yahweh had told him to say,

OET-RV JER 43:2

2 Hoshayah’s son Azaryah, Kareah’s son Yohanan, and all the arrogant men told Yirmiyah, “You’re lying to us. Our god Yahweh didn’t send you to tell us not to go and live in Mitsrayim (Egypt).

OET-RV JER 43:3

3 It’s because Neriyah’s son Baruk is inciting you against us so that we’ll stay here and get captured by the Babylonians to be either put to death or be taken as exiles to Bavel (Babylon).”

OET-RV JER 43:4

4 So Kareah’s son Yohanan, all the army officers, and all the rest of the people, refused to take notice of Yahweh’s instructions to remain living in the Yehudah (Judah) region.

OET-RV JER 43:5

5 Then Yohanan and all the army commanders gathered all those remaining Yehudi (Jew) people together, who’d come from all the other countries that they’d previously been driven away to and returned to live in Yehudah.

OET-RV JER 43:6

OET-RV JER 43:7

7 Then they went to Mitsrayim because they took no notice of Yahweh’s instructions and they arrived at Tahfanhes.

OET-LV JER 43:1

43 And_he/it _was just_ Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) _as _had _finished to_speak to all _of the_people DOM all _of the _words/messages _of YHWH god _of_their which he_had _sent _him YHWH god _of_their to_them DOM all _of the_words/messages the_these.

OET-LV JER 43:2

2 And_ ˊAzar^yāh the _son _of Hōshaˊₐ^yāh and_Yōḩānān/(Johanan) the _son _of Qārēaḩ and_all the_people (the)_arrogant _he/it _said saying to Yirmə^yāh falsehood you are_speaking not he_has _sent _you YHWH god _of_our to_say not you(pl)_must _go Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_sojourn there.

OET-LV JER 43:3

3 If/because Bārūk the _son _of Nēriy^yāh is_inciting you against_us so _as to _give us in_the _hand _of the_ones_from _Kasdiy to_put _to _death us and_to_take _into _exile us Bāⱱel.

OET-LV JER 43:4

4 And_not Yōḩānān the _son _of Qārēaḩ and_all the _commanders _of the _armies and_all the_people he _listened to_the _voice _of YHWH to_remain in_land of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah).

OET-LV JER 43:5

5 And_ Yōḩānān the _son _of Qārēaḩ and_all the _commanders _of the _armies _he/it _took DOM all _of the _remnant _of Yəhūdāh who they _had _come _back from_all the_nations where they _had _been _driven _away there to_sojourn in_land of _Yəhūdāh.

OET-LV JER 43:6

OET-LV JER 43:7

7 And_they _came the _land _of Miʦrayim if/because not they _had _listened to_the _voice _of YHWH and_they _came to Taḩpanḩēş.

Show passage in OET: JER 44:16

OET-RV JER 44:16

16 Concerning that message that you told us in Yahweh’s name, we’re not listening to you

OET-LV JER 44:16

16 The_message which you _have _spoken to_us in/on_name _of YHWH not_we are_about _to _listen to_you.

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The “Book of Hope“ (chs 30–33 OET JER 30:1–24 · OET JER 31:1–40 · OET JER 32:1–44 · OET JER 33:1–26) does contain some words of judgment (32:28-35), and other sections of the prophecy have a few bright spots (3:11-18; 16:14-16; 23:2-8; 29:10-14), but in a volume otherwise dark, these four chapters bring pleasant relief. The climax of hope, as indicated also in the longest NT quotation from Jeremiah (see Heb 8:8-12), predicts a new covenant (31:31-40). Other prophecies also describe the end of the Mosaic law and sacrament (e.g., 3:16), and the new covenant (32:40; 33:19-26).

Show passage in OET: JER 32:28–35

OET-RV JER 32:28

28 Therefore Yahweh says this, ‘Listen, I’m about to hand this city over to the Babylonians—the Babylonian King Nevukadnetsar (Nebuchadnezzar) will capture it.

OET-RV JER 32:29

29 The soldiers who are fighting against this city will come and set fire to this city and burn it. Those people who worship Ba’al on their flat roofs, and who poured out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke me, will now have their houses burnt down

OET-RV JER 32:30

30 because the people of Yisrael (Israel) and Yehudah (Judah) have certainly been people who’ve been doing evil in front of me since their youth. The people of Yisrael have certainly offended me with the practices and activities. That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-RV JER 32:31

31 Yahweh declares that the people of this city has provoked my anger and fury since the day that they built it, and then right up to the present day, so I’ll will remove it right out of my sight,

OET-RV JER 32:32

32 because of all the wicked things that the people of Yisrael and Yehudah have done to provoke me—their kings, princes, priests, prophets, and every person in Yehudah including Yerushalem’s (Jerusalem) inhabitants.

OET-RV JER 32:33

33 They turned their backs to me instead of their faces, even though I had eagerly taught them. I tried to teach them, but they wouldn’t listen or receive correction.

OET-RV JER 32:34

34 They set up their detestable idols in the house that is called by my name, in order to defile it,

OET-RV JER 32:35

35 and they built hilltop shrines for Ba’al along the Ben-Hinom Valley in order to pass their sons and daughters through the fire for Molek. I didn’t command them to do that—it never entered my mind that they should do that detestable thing and so cause Yehudah to sin.’

OET-LV JER 32:28

28 For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH he _says HERE_I am_about _to _give DOM the_city (the)_this in_the _hand _of the_ones_from _Kasdiy and_in_the _hand _of Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar the _king _of Bāⱱel and_he_will _capture _it.

OET-LV JER 32:29

29 And_ the_ones_from _Kasdiy who_are_fighting on the_city (the)_this _they _will _come and_they _will _set _on _fire DOM the_city (the)_this with_fire and_they_will _burn _it and_DOM the_houses which people _made _smoke on roofs _of_their to_Baˊal and_they _poured _out drink _offerings to_gods other so _as to_provoke _me _to _anger.

OET-LV JER 32:30

30 If/because the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_the _sons of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah) they _have _been only doing the_evil in_eyes _of_my since_youth(s)_of_their if/because the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) only are_provoking _to _anger DOM_me by_the _work _of their _hands _of_their the _utterance _of YHWH.

OET-LV JER 32:31

31 If/because on anger _of_my and_on rage _of_my it _has _been to/for_me the_city (the)_this (to)_from the_day when they _built it and_unto the_day the_this to_remove_it from_under face _of_my.

OET-LV JER 32:32

32 On all _of the _evil _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_the _sons of _Yəhūdāh which they _have _done to_provoke_me _to _anger they kings _of_their officials _of_their priests _of_their and_prophets _of_their and_everyone _of Yəhūdāh and_the _inhabitants _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem).

OET-LV JER 32:33

33 And_they _turned to_me a _neck and_not a _face and_I _taught DOM_them rising _early and_teaching and_not_they were_listening to_take/accept/receive correction.

OET-LV JER 32:34

34 And_they _put things _of_their _detestable in_house which name _of_my it _was _called on/upon/above_him/it to_make_it _unclean.

OET-LV JER 32:35

35 And_they _built DOM the _high _places _of (the)_Baˊal which are_in_Valley _of son _of Valley _of to_make _pass _through DOM sons _of_their and_DOM daughters _of_their to_Molek which not I_had _commanded _them and_not it _had _come _up on heart _of_my for_doing the_abomination (the)_this so _as to _cause _to _sin DOM Yəhūdāh/(Judah).

Show passage in OET: JER 3:11–18

OET-RV JER 3:11

11 Then Yahweh told me: Unfaithful Yisrael (Israel) has actually been more upright than treacherous Yehudah (Judah)!

OET-RV JER 3:12

12 Go up north and tell them:
⇔ Unfaithful Yisrael, Yahweh declares:
⇔ Return to me—
⇔ I won’t continue to be angry at you, because I’m faithful.
§ That’s Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-RV JER 3:13

13 However you must recognise your disobedience
⇔ because you’ve rebelled against your god, Yahweh,
⇔ and you’ve extended your connections to foreign gods under every leafy tree,
⇔ and you haven’t listened to my voice.
§ That’s Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-RV JER 3:14

14 Return you unfaithful children, Yahweh declares,
⇔ because I’m your husband.
⇔ Then I’ll take you all—one from a city and a couple from a clan—and I’ll bring you to Tsiyon (Zion),

OET-RV JER 3:15

15 and I’ll give you shepherds who’ll be faithful to me,
⇔ and they will guide you with knowledge and insight.

OET-RV JER 3:16

16 Then when you’re fruitful and multiply in the land, Yahweh says,
⇔ they’ll no longer talk about having the chest containing Yahweh’s agreement.
⇔ They won’t call it to mind or remember it,
⇔ ≈ and they won’t miss it or want a new one made again.

OET-RV JER 3:17

17 At that time, they’ll call Yerushalem (Jerusalem) Yahweh’s throne,
⇔ and they’ll be gathered there from all the nations to honour Yahweh’s name,
⇔ and they won’t want to behave again according to the evil in their own stubborn minds.

OET-RV JER 3:18

18 In those days, the people of Yehudah (Judah) will join the people of Yisrael (Israel),
⇔ coming from the northern lands to the land that I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.

OET-LV JER 3:11

11 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to_me self _of_her the_apostate _one Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) she _has _made _appear _righteous more_than _treacherous Yəhūdāh.

OET-LV JER 3:12

12 Go and_you _will _proclaim DOM the_words/messages the_these northward_toward and_you _will _say return Oh _apostate _one Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the _utterance _of YHWH not I _will _make _fall face _of_my on_you(pl) if/because am_faithful I the _utterance _of YHWH not I _will _keep forever_perpetuity.

OET-LV JER 3:13

13 Only recognize iniquity _of_your if/because _that against_YHWH god _of_your you _have _rebelled and_you _have _scattered DOM ways _of_your to_strangers under every _of tree luxuriant and_to_voice _of_my not you(pl)_have _listened the _utterance _of YHWH.

OET-LV JER 3:14

14 Return Oh _sons apostate the _utterance _of YHWH if/because I I _am _master over_you(pl) and_I _will _take you(pl) one from_a _city and_two from_a _clan and_I _will _bring you(pl) Tsiyyōn/(Zion).

OET-LV JER 3:15

15 And_I _will _give to/for_you(pl) shepherds according_to _of_my _own _heart and_they _will _shepherd you(pl) knowledge and_insight.

OET-LV JER 3:16

16 And_it _was if/because you(pl)_will _multiply and_you(pl)_will _be _fruitful on _the_earth in _the_days (the)_those the _utterance _of YHWH not people _will _say again the _box _of the _covenant _of YHWH and_not it _will _come _up on a _heart and_not people _will _remember in_him/it and_not people _will _miss_it and_not it _will _be _made again.

OET-LV JER 3:17

17 At_time (the)_that people _will _call (to)_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) the _throne _of YHWH and_they _will _be _gathered to_her/it all _of the_nations to_the _name _of YHWH to_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_not they _will _walk again after the _stubbornness _of their _own _heart _of_their (the)_evil.

OET-LV JER 3:18

18 In _the_days (the)_those the _house _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) they _will _walk with the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_they _will _come together from_a _land _of the_north to the_earth/land which I _gave _as _an _inheritance DOM ancestors _of_your(pl).

Show passage in OET: JER 16:14–16

OET-RV JER 16:14

14 Now listen, Yahweh declares:
⇔ Because of that the days are coming when they’ll no longer say,
⇔ ‘As Yahweh, the one who brought the Israelis out of Mitsrayim (Egypt), lives.’

OET-RV JER 16:15

15 Instead they’ll say:
⇔ ‘As Yahweh lives, the one who brought the Israelis back from the land of the north
⇔ and from the lands where he had driven them,’
⇔ because I’ll bring them back to the land that I gave to their ancestors.

OET-RV JER 16:16

16 Listen, Yahweh declares:
⇔ I’ll send for many fishermen to fish the people out.
⇔ After that, I’ll send for many hunters
⇔ to hunt them from under every mountain and hill, and from the crevices in the rocks

OET-LV JER 16:14

14 For_so/thus/hence HERE days are_coming the _utterance _of YHWH and_not it _will _be _said again by_the _life of_YHWH who he _brought _up DOM the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt).

OET-LV JER 16:15

15 If/because (if) by_the _life of_YHWH who he _brought _up DOM the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_a _land _of the_north and_from_all the_lands where he_had _banished _them to_(to) and_I_will _bring _them _back to land _of_their which I _gave to_ancestors _of_their.

OET-LV JER 16:16

16 HERE_I am_about _to _send mmm many the _utterance _of YHWH and_they_will _fish _them _out and_after thus I _will _send many hunters and_they_will _hunt _them from_under every _of mountain and_from_on every _of hill and_from_the _clefts _of the _rocks.

Show passage in OET: JER 23:2–8

OET-RV JER 23:2

2 Therefore, this is what Yisrael’s (Israel) god Yahweh says about the shepherds who tend My people: Yahweh declares that you’ve all scattered my flock and driven them away, and haven’t looked after them. Listen, I’m about to punish you all for your wicked actions.

OET-RV JER 23:3

3 Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock from all the countries that I’ve banished them to and I’ll return them to their pasture, where they’ll be fruitful and multiply.

OET-RV JER 23:4

4 Yahweh declares that I’ll appoint shepherds over them who’ll look after them, and then they’ll no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing.

OET-RV JER 23:5

OET-RV JER 23:6

6 At that time, Yehudah (Judah) will be rescued and Yisrael will live in security,
⇔ and this is the name that he’ll be known by: Yahweh who does what is right for us.

OET-RV JER 23:7

7 Listen, Yahweh declares that the time is coming when they’ll no longer say, ‘As surely as Yahweh lives, who brought the Israelis out from Mitsrayim (Egypt).’

OET-RV JER 23:8

8 Instead they’ll say, ‘As surely as Yahweh lives, who brought and led the Israelis out of the land in the north and all the other lands that he’d banished them to.’ Then they’ll live in their own land again.

OET-LV JER 23:2

2 For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says on the_shepherds who_are_shepherding DOM people _of_my you(pl) you(pl)_have _scattered DOM flock _of_my and_you(pl)_have _driven _them _away and_not you(pl)_have _paid _attention _to DOM_them HERE_I am_about _to _visit on_you(pl) DOM the _wickedness _of your(pl)_deeds _of_your(pl) the _utterance _of YHWH.

OET-LV JER 23:3

3 And_I I _will _gather _together DOM the _remnant _of my _flock _of_my from_all the_lands where I _have _banished DOM_them there and_I _will _bring _back them to pasture _of_their and_they _will _be _fruitful and_they _will _increase.

OET-LV JER 23:4

4 And_I _will _raise _up over_them shepherds and_they_will _shepherd _them and_not they _will _be _afraid again and_not they _will _be _terrified and_not they _will _be _missing the _utterance _of YHWH.

OET-LV JER 23:5

OET-LV JER 23:6

6 In_days _of_his Yəhūdāh/(Judah) it _will _be _saved and_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) it _will _dwell to_security and_this name _of_his which anyone_will _call _him YHWH righteousness _of_is_our.

OET-LV JER 23:7

7 For_so/thus/hence HERE days are_coming the _utterance _of YHWH and_not people _will _say again by_the _life of_YHWH who he _brought _up DOM the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt).

OET-LV JER 23:8

8 If/because (if) by_the _life of_YHWH who he _brought _up and_which he _brought DOM the _offspring _of the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_a _land northward_at and_from_all the_lands where I_banished _them there and_they _will _dwell on land _of_their _own.

Show passage in OET: JER 29:10–14

OET-RV JER 29:10

10 “Because this is what Yahweh says: When seventy years have passed for Bavel, I’ll visit take notice of you all again, and I’ll implement my good message about you—to bring you all back to this place,

OET-RV JER 29:11

11 because I know the plans that I have for you all: plans for peaceful well-being—not to bring you all harm, but rather a future with hope. That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-RV JER 29:12

12 Then you’ll all call out to me for help, and you’ll come and pray to me, and I’ll listen to you all.

OET-RV JER 29:13

13 You’ll search for me, and you’ll find me, because you’ll all want to follow me with complete sincerity.

OET-RV JER 29:14

14 Then, Yahweh has declared, I’ll let myself be found by you all, and I’ll bring you back from captivity. I’ll gather you all from all the nations and all the places that I banished you to, and I’ll bring you all back to the place that I sent you into exile from. That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-LV JER 29:10

10 If/because thus YHWH he _says if/because to_the_mouth _of (of)_will _be _completed for_Bāⱱel seventy year[s] I _will _give _attention _to you(pl) and_I _will _carry _out on_you(pl) DOM message _of_my (the)_good by_bringing _back you(pl) to the_place (the)_this.

OET-LV JER 29:11

11 If/because I I _know DOM the_plans which I am_planning on_you(pl) the _utterance _of YHWH plans _of well-being and_not for_harm to_give to/for_you(pl) a _future and_a _hope.

OET-LV JER 29:12

12 And_you(pl)_will _call _on DOM_me and_you(pl)_will _come and_you(pl)_will _pray to_me and_I _will _listen to_you(pl).

OET-LV JER 29:13

13 And_you(pl)_will _seek DOM_me and_you(pl)_will _find_me if/because you(pl)_will _seek _me in_all heart _of_your(pl).

OET-LV JER 29:14

14 And_I _will _let _myself _be _found to/for_you(pl) the _utterance _of YHWH and_I _will _turn _back DOM mmm and_I _will _gather you(pl) from_all the_nations and_from_all _of the_places where I _banished you(pl) there the _utterance _of YHWH and_I _will _bring _back you(pl) to the_place where I _sent _into _exile you(pl) from_there.

Show passage in OET: HEB 8:8–12

OET-RV HEB 8:8

8 but God blamed the people and said:
⇔ “Listen, Yahweh declares that the time is coming when I will make a new agreement with Yisrael (Israel) and Yehudah (Judah),

OET-RV HEB 8:9

9 not like the agreement that I made with their ancestors
⇔ when they held my hand for me to lead them out of Mitsrayim (Egypt),
⇔ because they didn’t stay inside my agreement
⇔ and so I didn’t take any notice of them, says Yahweh.’

OET-RV HEB 8:10

10 So this is the agreement that I make with Yisrael after those times, says Yahweh,
⇔ putting my laws into their minds and writing them onto their hearts,
⇔ and I will be their God and they will be my people.

OET-RV HEB 8:11

11 Then they certainly won’t teach each citizen and their neighbours,
⇔ saying ‘Know Yahweh,’
⇔ because all of them from the smallest to the greatest will all know me.

OET-RV HEB 8:12

12 Because I’ll be merciful to them when they disobey,
⇔ and certainly I won’t remember their sins any longer.”

OET-LV HEB 8:8

8 For/Because blaming to _them he _is _saying:
Behold, the_days are _coming, is _saying the_master, and I _will _be _accomplishing, with the house of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), and with the house of _Youda/(Yəhūdāh), a_covenant new,

OET-LV HEB 8:9

9 not according _to the covenant that I _made with _the fathers of _them, in the_day of _having _taken _hold of _me by _the hand of _them, to _lead _out them out _of the_land of _Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), because they not remained _in in the covenant of _me, and _I neglected of _them, is _saying the_master.

OET-LV HEB 8:10

10 Because this is the covenant, which I _will _be _covenanting with _the house of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) after the days those, is _saying the_master, giving laws of _me into the mind of _them, and on the_hearts of _them I _will _be _inscribing them, and I _will _be to _them for god, and they will _be to _me for people.

OET-LV HEB 8:11

11 And by _no _means not they _may _teach each the citizen of _him, and each the brother of _him saying:
Know the the_master, because all will _have _been _knowing me, from the_little to great of _them.

OET-LV HEB 8:12

12 Because merciful I _will _be to _the unrighteousness of _them, and of _the sins of _them by _no _means not I _may _be _reminded more.

Show passage in OET: JER 31:31–40

OET-RV JER 31:31

31 Listen, Yahweh declares that the time is coming when I’ll make a new agreement with the people of Yisrael (Israel) and Yehudah (Judah).

36 Yahweh declares that if these elements stopped working,
⇔ then Yisrael (Israel) would also permanently cease to exist as a nation.

OET-RV JER 31:37

OET-RV JER 31:38

38 Listen, Yahweh declares that the time is coming when the city will be rebuilt for Yahweh—from Hananel’s tower all the way to the Corner Gate.

OET-RV JER 31:39

39 After that, the measuring line will be stretched over Garev Hill and around to Go’ah.

OET-RV JER 31:40

40 Then all the valley of the corpses and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron brook, to the corner of the Horses Gate toward the east, will be holiness to Yahweh. It won’t be uprooted, and it’ll never be overthrown again.

OET-LV JER 31:31

31 HERE days are_coming the _utterance _of YHWH and_I _will _make with the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_DOM the _house _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) a _covenant new.

38 HERE days the _utterance _of YHWH and_ the_city _it _will _be _rebuilt to/for_YHWH from_the _tower _of Ḩₐnan^ʼēl the _gate _of the _corner.

OET-LV JER 31:39

39 And_it _will _go _out again the _measuring-line _of of _(the)_measurement before_itself to the _hill _of Gārēⱱ and_it _will _turn towards_Goˊāh.

OET-LV JER 31:40

40 And_all the_valley the_corpses and_the _fatty_ash and_all the to the _wadi _of Qidrōn to the _corner _of the _gate _of the _horses eastward_toward will _be_holy to/for_YHWH not it _will _be _plucked _up and_not it _will _be _torn _down again forever_perpetuity.

Show passage in OET: JER 3:16

OET-RV JER 3:16

OET-LV JER 3:16

Show passage in OET: JER 32:40

OET-RV JER 32:40

40 Then I’ll make a permanent agreement with them, that I won’t turn away from doing good to them. I’ll set honour for me in their minds, so that they’ll never turn away from me.

OET-LV JER 32:40

Show passage in OET: JER 33:19–26

OET-RV JER 33:19

19 Then Yahweh gave Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) this message:

OET-RV JER 33:20

20 Yahweh says this: ‘If you all can break my contract with day and night so that there’ll no longer be day or night at their proper times,

OET-RV JER 33:21

21 then my agreement with my servant David my servant could also be broken, so that he would no longer have a descendant to sit on his throne. The same is true for my agreement with my servants, the priests from Levi tribe.

OET-RV JER 33:22

22 As the stars in the skies can’t be counted, and as the sand grains on the seashores can’t be measured, so I’ll increase the descendants of my servant David, as well as the Levites who work for me.’

OET-RV JER 33:23

23 Yahweh gave Yirmiyah this message:

OET-RV JER 33:24

24 Haven’t you noticed what this people group has declared when they said, ‘The two clans that Yahweh chose, now he’s rejected them’? In that way they despise my people, saying that they no longer deserve to be a nation as far as they’re concerned.

OET-RV JER 33:25

25 But I, Yahweh say this: Didn’t I establish the permanent contract with day and night, and determine the laws of the universe and this planet?

OET-RV JER 33:26

26 In the same way, would I now reject Ya’akov’s (Jacob) descendants and not bring a ruler for the descendants of Avraham, Yitshak (Isaac), and Ya’akov out of them. No, because I’ll restore their fortunes and show mercy towards them.

OET-LV JER 33:19

19 And_ the _message _of YHWH _he/it _was to Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) to_saying.

OET-LV JER 33:20

20 Thus YHWH he _says if you(pl)_will _break DOM covenant _of_my the_day and_DOM covenant _of_my the_night and_to_not daytime and_night to _be at_their _appropriate _of_time.

OET-LV JER 33:21

21 Also covenant _of_my it _will _be _broken with Dāvid servant _of_my from_belonging to_him/it a _son who_reigns on throne _of_his and_DOM the_Lēviyyiy the_priests servants _of_my.

OET-LV JER 33:22

22 Which not the _soldier/messenger _of the_heavens it _will _be _counted and_not the _sand _of the_sea it _will _be _measured so I _will _increase DOM the _offspring _of Dāvid servant _of_my and_DOM the_Lēviyyiy who_serve _of DOM_me.

OET-LV JER 33:23

23 And_ the _message _of YHWH _he/it _was to Yirmə^yāh to_say.

OET-LV JER 33:24

24 Am_not have _you _seen what the_people the_this have _they _said to_say the _two _of the_clans which YHWH he _chose (is)_in_them and_he_has _rejected _them and_DOM people _of_my they_spurn from_being again a _nation before_them.

OET-LV JER 33:25

25 Thus YHWH he _says if not covenant _of_my of _daytime and_night the_fixed _order(s)_of heaven and_earth not I _have _ordained.

OET-LV JER 33:26

26 Also the _offspring _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) and_Dāvid servant _of_my I _will _reject from_taking any_of_his _offspring rulers to the _offspring _of ʼAⱱrāhām Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) and_Yaˊₐqoⱱ if/because I _will _turn _back DOM captivity _of_their and_I_will _have _compassion _on _them.

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Little is known of Jeremiah’s activity or messages from c. 594–589 BC. Zedekiah’s counselors made clandestine plans for throwing off Babylon’s yoke by alliances with neighbor nations. A traitor may have reported the conspiracy to Babylon (perhaps Edom). After Babylon attacked, Zedekiah sought a hopeful report from Jeremiah but did not get it.

The Recabite faithfulness to the Nazarite vow (ch 35) dates to the days of Jehoiakim but as an object lesson fits the siege context. Recabites received a human command that they obeyed; Jews received a divine command that they rejected. Recabites will be blessed (35:18-19); Judah, judged (vv 15-17). The reading of the scroll to Jehoiakim and his scornful rejection of it (ch 36) illustrates the prophetic assertion (35:15) that destruction follows the rejection of God’s message given through the prophets.

Show passage in OET: JER 35:18–19

OET-RV JER 35:18

18 Then Yirmiyah told the Rekavi clan that Yisrael’s god, Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this: You’ve all listened to the commands of your ancestor Yonadav and have kept them all. You’ve obeyed everything that he commanded you all to do,

OET-RV JER 35:19

19 so Yisrael’s god, Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this: There’ll always be someone descended from Rekav’s son Yonadav to serve me.

OET-LV JER 35:18

18 And_to_the _house _of the _Rēkāⱱites Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) he _said thus YHWH soldiers/messengers the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says because that you(pl)_have _listened to the _command _of Yōnādāⱱ/(Jonadab) ancestor _of_your(pl) and_you(pl)_have _kept DOM all _of commands _of_his and_you(pl)_have _done according_to _all that he _commanded you(pl).

OET-LV JER 35:19

19 For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH soldiers/messengers the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says not it _will _be _cut _off a _man to_Yōnādāⱱ the _son _of Rēkāⱱ who_will_stand to/for_my_face/front all _of the_days.

Show passage in OET: JER 35:15–17

OET-RV JER 35:15

15 I persistently sent all my servants, the prophets, out to you all to tell each person to turn from their wicked behaviour and start doing good instead, and to stop following after other gods and serving them. Then they’d live on the land that I gave to your ancestors and to all of you, however, you all won’t listen to me or pay attention to me.

OET-RV JER 35:16

16 Yes, Yonadav’s descendants have followed the instructions that their ancestor gave them, but this people, refuses to obey me,

OET-RV JER 35:17

17 so Yisrael’s god, Commander-in-chief Yahweh, says this: Listen, I’m sending all the disasters that I pronounced for Yehudah, including everyone living in Yerushalem. I’m sending them against them because I spoke to them, but they wouldn’t listen. I called to them, but they wouldn’t answer.

OET-LV JER 35:15

15 And_I _sent to_you(pl) DOM all _of servants _of_my the_prophets rising _early and_sending to_say turn _back please everyone from_way _of_his (the)_evil and_make _good deeds _of_your(pl) and_do _not walk after gods other to_serve_them and_dwell to the_soil which I _gave to/for_you(pl) and_to_ancestors _of_your(pl) and_not you(pl)_inclined DOM ear _of_your(pl) and_not you(pl)_listened to_me.

OET-LV JER 35:16

16 If/because the _sons _of Yōnādāⱱ the _son _of Rēkāⱱ they _have _carried _out DOM the _command _of their _ancestor _of_their which he_commanded _them and_the_people the_this not they _have _listened to_me.

OET-LV JER 35:17

17 For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH the _god _of soldiers/messengers the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says HERE_I am_about _to _bring to Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_near/to all _of the _inhabitants _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) DOM all _of the_calamity which I _spoke on_them because I _spoke to_them and_not they _listened and_I _called to/for_them and_not they _answered.

Show passage in OET: JER 35:15

OET-RV JER 35:15

OET-LV JER 35:15

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The siege comes into focus in chapter 37 with another inquiry from Zedekiah (the nonchronological chs 35–36 OET JER 35:1–19 · OET JER 36:1–32 serve as an illustrative parenthesis). Jeremiah 37:11 moves forward to the time of the lifting of the siege of 589 BC when Nebuchadnezzar drove Pharaoh Hophra’s army back to Egypt. During the reprieve, Jeremiah sought to attend a meeting of relatives to settle family matters at or near Anathoth. Perhaps the trip involved initiating the purchase that would be made two years later (32:6-15). However, as he was leaving the city, he was arrested for desertion to the Babylonians and jailed in a dungeon cell until Zedekiah granted him privileged prisoner status.

Show passage in OET: JER 37:11

OET-RV JER 37:11

11 Then when the Babylonian army had left Yerushalem (Jerusalem) to avoid Par’oh’s (Pharaoh) army,

OET-LV JER 37:11

11 And_it _was when_ the _army _of the_ones_from _Kasdiy _had _taken _itself _up from_under Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) from_face/in _front _of the _army _of Parˊoh.

Show passage in OET: JER 32:6–15

OET-RV JER 32:6

6 Then Yirmiyah said: Yahweh gave me a message, saying:

OET-RV JER 32:7

7 Listen, your cousin Hanamel (your uncle Shalum’s son) is coming to see you and will ask you to buy his field in Anatot, because you have the right to buy it.

OET-RV JER 32:8

8 Then just as Yahweh had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the guards’ courtyard and he asked me, “Buy my field that is in Anatot in the Benyamin region, because you have the right to inherit it so the right to buy it belongs to you. Buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was Yahweh’s message.

OET-RV JER 32:9

9 So I bought the field in Anatot from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver for him.

OET-RV JER 32:10

10 Then I wrote in a scroll and sealed it, and had witnesses witness it and the weight of the silver on the scales.

OET-RV JER 32:11

11 Next I took that sealed purchase deed with the price and conditions, as well as an unsealed copy.

OET-RV JER 32:12

12 I gave the sealed purchase document to Baruk (son of Neriyah, son of Mahseyah) in front of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who’d signed the purchase agreement, as well as all the Yehudim (Jews) who were sitting in the guards’ courtyard.

OET-RV JER 32:13

13 Then still in front of them, I instructed Baruk,

OET-RV JER 32:14

14 Yisrael’s (Israel) god, Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this: Take these documents, both this receipt of purchase that’s sealed and the unsealed copies, and put them into a clay jar so they’ll last for a long time,

OET-RV JER 32:15

15 because Yisrael’s god, Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.

OET-LV JER 32:6

6 And_ Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) _he/it _said the _message _of YHWH it _came to_me to_say.

OET-LV JER 32:7

OET-LV JER 32:8

8 And_he _came to_me Ḩₐnam^ʼēl the _son _of my _uncle _of_my according_to _the _message _of YHWH to the _courtyard _of the _guard and_he/it _said to_me buy please DOM field _of_my which is_at_ˊAnātōt which in_land of _Binyāmīn if/because to/for_yourself(m) the _right _of (the)_possession and_belongs_to_you the _right_redemption buy_it to/for_you(fs) and_I _knew if/because _that was_the _message _of YHWH it.

OET-LV JER 32:9

9 And_I _bought DOM the_field from_with Ḩₐnam^ʼēl the _son _of my _uncle _of_my which was_at_ˊAnātōt and_I_weighed _out for_him/it DOM the_silver was_seven shekels and_ten the_silver.

OET-LV JER 32:10

10 And_I _wrote on_document and_I _sealed_it and_I _caused _to _witness_it witnesses and_I _weighed _out the_silver on_balances.

OET-LV JER 32:11

11 And_I _took DOM the _document _of the _purchase DOM the_one_which _was_sealed the_order and_the_conditions and_DOM the_one_which _was_uncovered.

OET-LV JER 32:12

12 And_I _gave DOM the_document the_purchase to Bārūk the _son _of Nēriy^yāh the _son _of Maḩşē^yāh to_the _eyes _of Ḩₐnam^ʼēl uncle _of_my and_to_the _eyes _of the _witnesses who_wrote on_the _document _of the _purchase to_the _eyes _of all _of the_Yəhūdī/(Judeans) who_were_sitting in_the _courtyard _of the _guard.

OET-LV JER 32:13

13 And_I _commanded DOM Bārūk to_eyes _of_their to_say.

OET-LV JER 32:14

14 Thus YHWH soldiers/messengers the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says take DOM the_documents the_these DOM the _document _of the _purchase the_this and_DOM the_one_which _was_sealed and_DOM the_document _of (the)_uncovered the_this and_you_will _put _them in_a _vessel _of earthenware so _that they _may _remain days many.

OET-LV JER 32:15

15 If/because thus YHWH soldiers/messengers the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says again houses and_fields and_vineyards they _will _be _bought on _the_earth (the)_this.

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The king’s officers had ample cause for the accusation of sedition: Jeremiah had encouraged desertion (21:9; 38:2). Traitors deserved death, and this was their verdict against Jeremiah (38:4-5). The violence of the time encouraged the officers to select a cruel method of execution: let Jeremiah starve and bury himself in the mire at the bottom of an abandoned cistern. A sympathetic Ethiopian, Ebed-melech, made the rescue. Immediately, the unadulterated prophecies of judgment came forth again from Jeremiah’s lips, including a message to the king that reflected Jeremiah’s own recent experience: “[Your friends] have betrayed and misled you. When your feet sank in the mud, they left you to your fate” (38:22, NLT).

Show passage in OET: JER 21:9

OET-RV JER 21:9

9 Anyone who stays in this city will die from war, famine, or deadly diseases, but anyone who goes out and falls to their knees in front of the Babylonians who’ve surrounded you all, will live They’ll escape with their lives that way

OET-LV JER 21:9

9 The_one_who_remains in_city (the)_this he _will _die by_sword and_by_famine and_by_pestilence and_the_one_who_goes _out and_he _will _fall on the_ones_from _Kasdiy who_are_laying _siege on_you(pl) and_he _will _live and_it _will _belong for_him/it life _of_his to_plunder.

Show passage in OET: JER 38:2

OET-RV JER 38:2

2 Yahweh says this: Anyone who stays in this city will be killed by fighting, famine, or deadly diseases, but anyone who goes out to the Babylonians will survive—they won’t be killed.

OET-LV JER 38:2

2 Thus YHWH he _says the_one_who_remains in_city (the)_this he _will _die by_sword by_famine and_by_pestilence and_the_one_who_goes _out to the_ones_from _Kasdiy and_he _will _live and_it _will _belong for_him/it life _of_his to_plunder and_he _will _live.

Show passage in OET: JER 38:4–5

OET-RV JER 38:4

OET-RV JER 38:5

5 “All right,” King Tsidkiyah replied. “Do whatever you want with him, because no king can argue against all of you.”

OET-LV JER 38:4

OET-LV JER 38:5

5 And_ the_king Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) _he/it _said THERE he is_in_hand _of_your(pl) if/because not the_king he _is _able you(pl) anything.

Show passage in OET: JER 38:22

OET-RV JER 38:22

22 Listen king of Yehudah (Judah), all the women who are left in your palace will be taken out to the Babylonian king’s commanders. Those women will tell you,
⇔ ‘You were deceived by your friends—they’ve ruined you.
⇔ Now your feet are stuck in the mud, and your friends have turned away.’

OET-LV JER 38:22

22 And_BEHOLD/LO/SEE all _of the_women who they _are _left in_house _of the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) are_about _to _be _brought _out to the _commanders _of the _king _of Bāⱱel and_they will _be_saying they_misled _you and_they _prevailed to/for_yourself(m) the _people _of your _peace _of_your they _are _sunk in_mire feet _of_your they _have _turned backwards.

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The latest writings of Jeremiah are found in chapter 44. The audience consisted of idolatrous Jews (44:4-6) gathered from various parts of Egypt as far as Aswan (Pathros). Jeremiah repeated the appeal of former prophets to reject false gods in favor of Jehovah, but to no avail (44:15-16).

Show passage in OET: JER 44:4–6

OET-RV JER 44:4

4 I repeatedly sent all my servants, the prophets, to them to tell the people to stop doing those detestable things that I hate,

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5 but they didn’t listen. They refused to take any notice of it, or to stop their wicked activities like burning incense to other gods.

OET-RV JER 44:6

6 So my anger and rage was poured out and burnt in Yehudah’s cities and Yerushalem’s streets like a fire and they’re still desolate ruins to this day.

OET-LV JER 44:4

4 And_I _sent to_you(pl) DOM all _of servants _of_my the_prophets rising _early and_sending to_say do _not please do DOM the _thing _of (the)_abomination (the)_this which I _hate.

OET-LV JER 44:5

5 And_not they _listened and_not they _inclined DOM ear _of_their to_turn _away from_wickedness _of_their to_not to _make _smoke to_gods other.

OET-LV JER 44:6

6 And_ rage _of_my and_anger _of_my _it _poured _forth and_it _burnt in_the _cities _of Yəhūdāh and_in_the _streets _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_they _became (into)_a_ruin (into)_a_desolation as_day (the)_this.

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OET-RV JER 44:15

15 Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women who were in the great assembly, and all the people who were living in Lower and Upper Mitsrayim, answered Yirmiyah (Jeremiah):

OET-RV JER 44:16

16 Concerning that message that you told us in Yahweh’s name, we’re not listening to you

OET-LV JER 44:15

15 And_ all _of the_men who_knew if/because _that were_making _smoke wives _of_their to_gods other and_all the_women who_were_standing _by a _company great and_all the_people which_were_dwelling in_land _of Miʦrayim in_Patrōş _they _answered DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) to_say.

OET-LV JER 44:16

16 The_message which you _have _spoken to_us in/on_name _of YHWH not_we are_about _to _listen to_you.

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The message to Baruch (ch 45), written about 605 BC, is placed here to round out the main part of the book, which begins with the commission to “break down” and “pluck up” (1:10) and concludes with the same Hebrew words (45:4). If Baruch had ambition to obtain status in the Judean court like his brother Seraiah (51:59), he was advised that it would be useless because disaster would come, as the preceding chapters indicate.

Show passage in OET: JER 45:1–5

OET-RV JER 45:1

45 This is the message that the prophet Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) dictated to Neriyah’s son Baruk to have it written on a scroll in the fourth year of the reign of Yehudah’s (Judah) King Yehoyakim (son of Yoshiyah (Josiah)):

OET-RV JER 45:2

2 Yisrael’s (Israel) god Yahweh says this to you Baruk:

OET-RV JER 45:3

3 You’ve said, ‘I’m not doing well because Yahweh has piled sorrow on top of my pain. I’m exhausted from groaning and I can’t find any peace.’

OET-RV JER 45:4

4 Yahweh says to tell Baruk, Listen, I’m about to tear down what I’ve built throughout the world, and to pull out what I’ve planted.

OET-RV JER 45:5

OET-LV JER 45:1

45 The_message which Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) the_prophet he _spoke to Bārūk the _son _of Nēriy^yāh when_wrote_he DOM the_words/messages the_these on a _scroll from_the _mouth _of Yirmə^yāh in_year (the)_fourth of_Yəhōyāqīm/(Jehoiakim) the _son _of Yoʼshiy^yāh/(Josiah) the _king _of Yəhūdāh to_say.

OET-LV JER 45:2

2 Thus YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says to_you Oh _Bārūk.

OET-LV JER 45:3

3 You _said woe please to_me if/because YHWH he _has _added sorrow to pain _of_my I _am _weary with_groaning _of_my and_rest not I _have _found.

OET-LV JER 45:4

4 Thus you _will _say to_him/it thus YHWH he _says HERE that_which I _have _built I am_about _to _tear _down and_DOM that_which I _have _planted I am_about _to _pluck _up and_DOM all _of the_earth/land it.

OET-LV JER 45:5

Show passage in OET: JER 45:4

OET-RV JER 45:4

4 Yahweh says to tell Baruk, Listen, I’m about to tear down what I’ve built throughout the world, and to pull out what I’ve planted.

OET-LV JER 45:4

Show passage in OET: JER 51:59

OET-RV JER 51:59

59 This is the message that the prophet Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) commanded Serayah (son of Neriyah, son of Mahseyah)
⇔ when he went with Yehudah’s (Judah) King Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah) to Bavel (Babylon) in the fourth year of his reign.
⇔ Now Serayah was a chief officer,

OET-LV JER 51:59

59 The_message which he _commanded Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) the_prophet DOM Sərā^yāh the _son _of Nēriy^yāh the _son _of Maḩşē^yāh when_went_he with Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) Bāⱱel in_year (the)_fourth of_reigning_his and_Sərā^yāh was_an _official _of a _resting _place.

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Show passage in OET: JER 46:1

OET-RV JER 46:1

46 These are the messages that Yahweh gave the prophet Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) about other nations:

OET-LV JER 46:1

46 That_which the _message _of YHWH it _came to Yirmə^yāh the_prophet on the_nations.

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Some of the prophecies against foreign nations in Jeremiah carry dates that show that they were written at different points during his ministry but were collected together for the book.

The prophecy against Egypt opens with a colorful description of Egypt’s expulsion from Carchemish (605 BC) after a short occupancy (Jer 46:1-12). The second message (vv 13-26) may picture the attack on Egypt in 601 BC when Neco stopped Nebuchadnezzar at the border; the attack in 589 BC when Hophra lost in his attempt to aid Zedekiah; or (most probably) the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar in 568 BC, when Babylon took advantage of the weakness of Egypt to occupy it. At that time Nebuchadnezzar set up his judgment throne as predicted (43:10) and meted out death sentences to all rebels, including those Jews who might have been implicated in anti-Babylonian conspiracies. The conclusion of the Egypt oracle repeats part of the Book of Hope (46:27-28, cf. 30:10-11).

Show passage in OET: JER 46:1–12

OET-RV JER 46:1

46 These are the messages that Yahweh gave the prophet Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) about other nations:

OET-RV JER 46:2

2 This is about the army of the Mitsri (Egyptian) king Par’oh (Pharaoh) Nekoh who was at Karkemish by the Perat (Euphrates) river. That was the army that the Babylonian King Nevukadnetsar (Nebuchadnezzar) defeated in the fourth year of the reign of Yehudah’s (Judah) King Yehoyakim, son of Yoshiyah (Josiah):

OET-RV JER 46:3

3 Get the small shield and the large shields ready,
⇔ and go out for battle.

OET-RV JER 46:4

4 Harness on the horses to the chariots
⇔ Mount up on the horses and take your stand with your helmets on.
⇔ Polish the spears and put on your armour.

OET-RV JER 46:5

⇔  5 What am I seeing here?
⇔ They’re filled with terror and they’re retreating,
⇔ because their warriors will be crushed.
⇔ They’re fleeing for safety without looking back.
⇔ Terror is all around.
§ That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-RV JER 46:6

6 Don’t let the swift one flee,
⇔ and don’t let the warrior escape.
⇔ They’ll stumble and fall there
⇔ in the north by the Perat (Euphrates) River,

OET-RV JER 46:7

7 Who’s this coming who rises like the Nile,
⇔ whose waters surge up and down like the rivers?

OET-RV JER 46:8

8 Mitsrayim (Egypt) rises like the Nile,
⇔ like rivers of water that rise and fall, saying,
⇔ ‘I’ll go up and I will cover the earth.
⇔ ≈ I’ll destroy cities and their inhabitants.

OET-RV JER 46:9

9 Go up, you horses.
⇔ ≈ Be angry, you chariots.
⇔ Let the soldiers go out,
⇔ Kush (Ethiopia) and Libya,
⇔ men skillful with a shield,
⇔ ≈ and Ludia, men skillful at using bows and arrows.’

OET-RV JER 46:10

⇔  10 That day will be the day of vengeance for the master, Commander-in-chief Yahweh, when he’ll avenge himself on his enemies.
⇔ The sword will devour and be satisfied—it’ll drink its fill of their blood
⇔ because there’ll be a sacrifice to the master, Commander-in-chief Yahweh
⇔ in the northern land by the Perat (Euphrates) River.

OET-RV JER 46:11

11 Go up to Gilead and obtain medicine, you virgin daughter of Mitsrayim (Egypt).
⇔ It’s vain to put that much medicine on yourself—there’s no cure for you.

OET-RV JER 46:12

12 The nations have heard about your disgrace.
⇔ The world is filled with your wailing,
⇔ because warrior stumbles against warrior—
⇔ both of them fall together.

OET-LV JER 46:1

46 That_which the _message _of YHWH it _came to Yirmə^yāh the_prophet on the_nations.

OET-LV JER 46:2

2 Of_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) on the _army _of Parˊoh Nəkoh the _king _of Miʦrayim which it _was at the _river _of Pərāt at_Karkəməysh/(Carchemish) which Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar the _king _of Bāⱱel he _defeated in_year (the)_fourth of_Yəhōyāqīm the _son _of Yoʼshiy^yāh the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah).

OET-LV JER 46:3

3 Set _in _order shield and_body _shield and_draw _near for_battle.

OET-LV JER 46:4

4 Harness the_horses and_mount the_warhorses and_take _your(pl)_stand with_helmets polish the_spears put _on the_armour.

OET-LV JER 46:5

5 Why have _I _seen they will _be_filled _with _terror they_will _be_turned _back backwards and_their _of_warriors they _will _be _crushed and_flight they _will _flee and_not they _will _turn _back terror will_be_from _round _about the _utterance _of YHWH.

OET-LV JER 46:6

6 Not the _swift_one let _him _flee and_not the_warrior let _him _escape northward_in on the _side _of the _river _of Pərāt they _will _stumble and_they _will _fall.

OET-LV JER 46:7

7 Who this like_River does _he _rise like_rivers waters _of_his they _surge.

OET-LV JER 46:8

8 Miʦrayim like_River it _rises and_like_rivers waters they _surge and_he/it _said I _will _rise I _will _cover the_earth I _will _destroy a _city and_the_inhabitants _of in_it.

OET-LV JER 46:9

9 Go _up Oh_horses and_drive _madly Oh_chariotry and_ the_warriors Kūsh/(Cush) and_Pūţ who_wield _of (of)_a _shield and_Lūdī who_wield _of (of)_those _who_bend _of (of)_a _bow _let _them _go _forth.

OET-LV JER 46:10

10 And_the_day (the)_that belongs_to_the_of_master YHWH soldiers/messengers a _day _of vengeance to_avenge _himself from_foes _of_his and_ the_sword _it _will _devour and_it _will _be _satisfied and_it _will _take _its _fill from_blood _of_their if/because a _sacrifice will_belong_of_to_the_master YHWH soldiers/messengers in_land the_north to the _river _of Pərāt.

OET-LV JER 46:11

11 Go _up Gilˊād and_acquire balm Oh _virgin _of the _daughter _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) for_vanity you _have _multiplied medications healing there_is_not to/for_you(fs).

OET-LV JER 46:12

12 Nations they _will _hear shame _of_your and_outcry _of_your it _will _be _full the_earth/land if/because warrior over_warrior they _will _stumble together both _of_of _them they _will _fall.

Show passage in OET: JER 43:10

OET-RV JER 43:10

10 Then tell the Yehudim (Jews) that Yisrael’s (Israel) god, Commander-in-chief says: Listen, I’m about to send messengers to my servant the Babylonian King Nevukadnetsar (Nebuchadnezzar), to summon him here. I’ll place his throne over the top of those hidden stones, and he’ll spread his royal tent over them.

OET-LV JER 43:10

10 And_you _will _say to_them thus YHWH soldiers/messengers the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says HERE_I am_about _to _send and_I _will _fetch DOM Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar the _king _of Bāⱱel servant _of_my and_I _will _set throne _of from_above (to)_stones the_these which I _have _hidden and_he _will _spread _out DOM mmm over_them.

Show passage in OET: JER 46:27–28

OET-RV JER 46:27

27 But you, my servant Ya’akov (Jacob) (meaning Yisrael (Israel) ), don’t be afraid.
⇔ Don’t be dismayed, Yisrael, because listen,
⇔ I’m about to bring you back from far away,
⇔ and your descendants from the land of their captivity.
⇔ Then Ya’akov will return, find peace, and be secure,
⇔ and there’ll be no one to terrify him.

OET-RV JER 46:28

28 This is Yahweh’s declaration:
⇔ You, my servant Ya’akov, don’t be afraid,
⇔ because I’m with you,
⇔ so I’ll send complete destruction to all the nations that I drove you into.
⇔ But I won’t completely destroy you,
⇔ although I’ll discipline you fairly,
⇔ and I certainly won’t leave you unpunished.”

OET-LV JER 46:27

27 And_you(ms) do _not fear my _servant _of_my Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) and_do _not be _dismayed Oh _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) if/because here_I am_about _of_to _save _you from_a _distant_land and_DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit from_the _land _of their _captivity _of_their and_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he _will _return and_he _will _be _undisturbed and_he _will _be _at _ease and_there_will_not_be one _who_terrifies.

OET-LV JER 46:28

28 You do _not fear my _servant _of_my Yaˊₐqoⱱ the _utterance _of YHWH if/because am_with_you I if/because I _will _make complete _destruction in_all the_nations where I_have _driven _you _away to_(to) and_you not I _will _make complete _destruction and_I_will _discipline _you to_justice and_certainly _(leave _unpunished) not I_will _leave _you _unpunished.

Show passage in OET: JER 30:10–11

OET-RV JER 30:10

10 Then Yahweh declares:
⇔ Then you, my servant Ya’akov, don’t be afraid,
⇔ ≈ and don’t be dismayed, Yisrael (Israel),
⇔ because listen, I’m rescuing you from afar,
⇔ and your offspring from the land where they were held captive.
⇔ Yisrael will return and be left alone and at ease,
⇔ and there won’t be anyone making it afraid.

OET-RV JER 30:11

11 Yahweh declares:
⇔ Yes, I’m with you to rescue you,
⇔ because I’ll completely destroy all the nations that I’ve scattered you to,
⇔ but I won’t completely destroy you.
⇔ I’ll discipline you according to justice,
⇔ but I won’t just let you off what you deserve.

OET-LV JER 30:10

10 And_you(ms) do _not fear my _servant _of_my Yaˊₐqoⱱ the _utterance _of YHWH and_do _not be _dismayed Oh _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) if/because HERE_I am_about _of_to _save _you from_a _distant_land and_DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit from_the _land _of their _captivity _of_their and_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he _will _return and_he _will _be _undisturbed and_he _will _be _at _ease and_there_will_not_be one _who_terrifies.

OET-LV JER 30:11

11 If/because am_with_you I the _utterance _of YHWH to_save_you if/because I _will _make complete _destruction in_all the_nations where I_have _scattered _you there nevertheless you not I _will _make complete _destruction and_I_will _discipline _you to_justice and_certainly _(leave _unpunished) not I_will _leave _you _unpunished.

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Messages against Edom, Arabia, Phoenician cities, and Ammon generally condemn pride, cruelty, and idolatry. The oracle against Elam is unique. No other prophet speaks judgment against this people, whose dwelling east of Babylon meant rare contact with Judah. Jeremiah predicted that Elam would be doomed, then restored. Ezekiel counts Elamites among the inhabitants of Sheol (Ez 32:24).

Show passage in OET: EZE 32:24

OET-RV EZE 32:24

24 Eylam is there with all its multitudes, with its graves all around it—all of them were killed. That’s the place for those who were killed by the sword, who’ve gone down uncircumcised to the lowest parts of the earth, who brought their terrors onto the land of the living, and who carry their own shame, together with the ones going down into the pit.

OET-LV EZE 32:24

24 Is_there Elam and_all multitude _of_its around _of grave _of_its of _them _of_all are_slain those_who _have_fallen by_sword who they _have _gone _down uncircumcised into the_earth the_lowest _parts who they _had _put terror _of_their in_land the_living and_they _have _borne disgrace _of_their with those _who_go _down _of the_pit.

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The final judgment indicates the unbiased attitude of the prophet. His messages placed him in an advantageous position with the Babylonians, who treated him with respect and kindness, in contrast to their cruelty to other Jews. But when God spoke against Babylon, Jeremiah uttered God’s words without respect to his own comfort, just as he had spoken against Egypt when silence would have been logical for self-preservation.

Chapter 52 repeats historical facts previously stated prophetically by Jeremiah, and partially recorded also as history in chapter 39 (cf. 2 Kgs 25 and 2 Chr 36). The editor of Jeremiah evidently desired to climax the book with a historical confirmation of Jeremiah’s prophecy, but he included facts beyond those contained elsewhere.

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