Jeremiah 4:8

4:8 So put on sackcloth!

Mourn and wail, saying,

‘The fierce anger of the Lord

has not turned away from us!’” ¹ 

Jeremiah 35:10

35:10 We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us. ² 

Jeremiah 42:3

42:3 Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”

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¹ tn Or “wail because the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.” The translation does not need to assume a shift in speaker as the alternate reading does.

² tn Heb “We have obeyed and done according to all which our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.”