OET interlinear YIR (JER) 2:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Where is Yahweh, who brought us … Egypt?

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not say where YHWH [who]_brought,up ,us from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) [who],led ,us in,wilderness in=land wildernesss and,pit[s] in=land drought and,deep_darkness in=land not passes in,it (a)_man and=not lives humankind there )

This rhetorical question would have been used to show the people’s need of Yahweh. Alternate translation: [We need Yahweh. He is the one who brought us … Egypt.]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Where is Yahweh, who led us … lives?

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not say where YHWH [who]_brought,up ,us from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) [who],led ,us in,wilderness in=land wildernesss and,pit[s] in=land drought and,deep_darkness in=land not passes in,it (a)_man and=not lives humankind there )

This rhetorical question would have been used to show the people’s need of Yahweh. Alternate translation: [We need Yahweh. He is the one who led us … lives.]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) a land of drought and deep darkness

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not say where YHWH [who]_brought,up ,us from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) [who],led ,us in,wilderness in=land wildernesss and,pit[s] in=land drought and,deep_darkness in=land not passes in,it (a)_man and=not lives humankind there )

A “land of drought” is a land that does not have enough water. Here “deep darkness” is a metaphor for danger. Alternate translation: [a dangerous land where there is not enough water]