Jeremiah 32:8

32:8 Now it happened just as the Lord had said! My cousin Hanamel 1  came to me in the courtyard of the guardhouse. He said to me, ‘Buy my field which is at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. Buy it for yourself since you are entitled as my closest relative to take possession of it for yourself.’ When this happened, I recognized that the Lord had indeed spoken to me.

Jeremiah 40:4

40:4 But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free 2  from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you. 3  But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so. 4  You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go. 5  Go wherever you choose.” 6 

Jeremiah 49:2

49:2 Because you did that,

I, the Lord, affirm that 7  a time is coming

when I will make Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon,

hear the sound of the battle cry.

It will become a mound covered with ruins. 8 

Its villages will be burned to the ground. 9 

Then Israel will take back its land

from those who took their land from them.

I, the Lord, affirm it! 10 

1 tn Heb “And according to the word of the Lord my cousin Hanamel came to me to the courtyard of the guardhouse and said, ‘…’” The sentence has been broken down to conform better with contemporary English style.

2 tn The verb here is an example of the perfect of resolve where the speaker announces his intention to do something according to IBHS 488-89 §30.5.1d. The word “Jeremiah” is supplied in the translation to avoid the possible misunderstanding that the you is still plural.

3 tn Or “look out for you.” See 39:12 and the translator’s note there.

4 tn Or “Stay here”; Heb “Forbear.” The imperative is used in a permissive sense; “you may forbear.” See GKC 324 §110.b and compare usage in Gen 50:6.

5 tn Heb “See all the land [or the whole land] is before you.” For this idiom see BDB 817 s.v. פָּנֶה II.4.a(f) and compare the usage in Gen 20:15; 47:6.

6 tn Heb “Unto the good and the right in your eyes to go, go there.”

7 tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

8 tn Heb “a desolate tel.” For the explanation of what a “tel” is see the study note on 30:18.

9 tn Heb “Its daughters will be burned with fire.” For the use of the word “daughters” to refer to the villages surrounding a larger city see BDB 123 s.v. I בַּת 4 and compare the usage in Judg 1:27.

10 tn Heb “says the Lord.” The first person is used to maintain the first person address throughout.