uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

In these verses, “they” and “themselves” refer to the people of Judah.

Connecting Statement:

Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues to speak to Jeremiah about the people of Judah.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) is it not themselves whom they are provoking, so that shame is on them?

(Some words not found in UHB: ,,me? they provoking declares_of YHWH am=not DOM=them to shame_of their_faces_of,their )

This question expects a positive answer. It can be expressed as a statement. Alternate translation: “they are provoking themselves, so that shame is on them!” or “they are troubling and bringing shame on themselves!” (See also: figs-rpronouns)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) shame is on them

(Some words not found in UHB: ,,me? they provoking declares_of YHWH am=not DOM=them to shame_of their_faces_of,their )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word shame, you can express the same idea with a verbal form such as “shamed.” Alternate translation: “they are shamed”