Jeremiah 17:15

17:15 Listen to what they are saying to me. ¹ 

They are saying, “Where are the things the Lord threatens us with?

Come on! Let’s see them happen!” ² 

Jeremiah 22:12

22:12 For he will die in the country where they took him as a captive. He will never see this land again.” ³ 

Jeremiah 23:24

23:24 “Do you really think anyone can hide himself

where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks. ⁴ 

“Do you not know that I am everywhere?” ⁵ 

the Lord asks. ⁶ 

Jeremiah 27:5

27:5 “I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, ⁷  and I give it to whomever I see fit. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “Behold, they are saying to me.”

² tn Heb “Where is the word of the Lord. Let it come [or come to pass] please.”

³ sn This prophecy was fulfilled according to 2 Kgs 23:34.

⁴ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

⁵ tn The words “Don’t you know” are not in the text. They are a way of conveying the idea that the question which reads literally “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” expects a positive answer. They follow the pattern used at the beginning of the previous two questions and continue that thought. The words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

⁷ tn Heb “by my great power and my outstretched arm.” Again “arm” is symbolical for “strength.” Compare the similar expression in 21:5.

⁸ sn See Dan 4:17 for a similar statement.