Jeremiah 25:28
25:28 If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the Lord who rules over all says 1 ‘You most certainly must drink it! 2
Jeremiah 38:20
38:20 Then Jeremiah answered, “You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you. 3 Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared. 4
1 tn Heb “Tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord…’” The translation is intended to eliminate one level of imbedded quote marks to help avoid confusion.
2 tn The translation attempts to reflect the emphatic construction of the infinitive absolute preceding the finite verb which is here an obligatory imperfect. (See Joüon 2:371-72 §113.m and 2:423 §123.h, and compare usage in Gen 15:13.)
3 tn Heb “Please listen to the voice of the Lord with regard to what I have been telling you.” For the idiom “listen to the voice” = “obey” see BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע 1.m. Obedience here is expressed by following the advice in the qualifying clause, i.e., what I have been telling you.
4 tn Heb “your life [or you yourself] will live.” Compare v. 17 and the translator’s note there for the idiom.