Jeremiah 10:24

10:24 Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. ¹ 

Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing. ² 

Jeremiah 15:14

15:14 I will make you serve your enemies ³  in a land that you know nothing about.

For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.”

Jeremiah 30:24

30:24 The anger of the Lord will not turn back

until he has fully carried out his intended purposes.

In days to come you will come to understand this. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Heb “with justice.”

² tn The words, “to almost nothing” are not in the text. They are implicit from the general context and are supplied by almost all English versions.

³ tc This reading follows the Greek and Syriac versions and several Hebrew mss. Other Hebrew mss read “I will cause the enemy to pass through a land.” The difference in the reading is between one Hebrew letter, a dalet (ד) and a resh (ר).

⁴ sn Jer 30:23-24 are almost a verbatim repetition of 23:19-20. There the verses were addressed to the people of Jerusalem as a warning that the false prophets had no intimate awareness of the Lord’s plans which were plans of destruction for wicked Israel not plans of peace and prosperity. Here they function as further assurance that the Lord will judge the wicked nations oppressing them when he reverses their fortunes and restores them once again to the land as his special people (cf. vv. 18-22).