Jeremiah 2:4
The Lord Reminds Them of the Unfaithfulness of Their Ancestors
2:4 Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants 1 of Jacob,
all you family groups from the nation 2 of Israel.
Jeremiah 23:34
23:34 I will punish any prophet, priest, or other person who says “The Lord’s message is burdensome.” 3 I will punish both that person and his whole family.’” 4
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “house.”
3 tn Heb “burden of the Lord.”
4 tn Heb “And the prophet or the priest or the people [common person] who says, ‘The burden of the Lord,” I will visit upon [= punish] that man and his house.” This is an example of the Hebrew construction call nominative absolute or casus pendens (cf. GKC 458 §143.d).