OET interlinear YIR (JER) 2:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) You must restrain your feet from becoming bare and your throat from being thirsty!

(Some words not found in UHB: keep foot_of,your from,barefoot and,, from,thirst and,you_said hopeless no that/for/because/then/when loved strangers and,after,them go )

God speaks of Israel wanting to worship other gods as if they were running around in the desert looking for those gods. Alternate translation: [I have told you to stop running here and there chasing after false gods, because all that it does is wear out your sandals and make you very thirsty]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) It is hopeless

(Some words not found in UHB: keep foot_of,your from,barefoot and,, from,thirst and,you_said hopeless no that/for/because/then/when loved strangers and,after,them go )

“There is no hope for us to restrain ourselves.” This implies that they cannot stop themselves from running after other gods. Alternate translation: [We cannot stop ourselves]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) No, I love strangers and go after them!

(Some words not found in UHB: keep foot_of,your from,barefoot and,, from,thirst and,you_said hopeless no that/for/because/then/when loved strangers and,after,them go )

Here “strangers” represents foreign gods, and “go after them” represents worshiping them. Alternate translation: [We must follow after foreign gods and worship them!’]