5:16 All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. 1
Their arrows will send you to your grave. 2
16:20 Can people make their own gods?
No, what they make are not gods at all.” 3
25:8 “Therefore, the Lord who rules over all 4 says, ‘You have not listened to what I said. 5
34:6 The prophet Jeremiah told all this to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.
50:10 Babylonia 7 will be plundered.
Those who plunder it will take all they want,”
says the Lord. 8
1 tn Heb “All of them are mighty warriors.”
2 tn Heb “his quiver [is] an open grave.” The order of the lines has been reversed to make the transition from “nation” to “their arrows” easier.
3 tn Heb “and they are ‘no gods.’” For the construction here compare 2:11 and a similar construction in 2 Kgs 19:18 and see BDB 519 s.v. לֹא 1.b(b).
4 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”
sn See the study note on 2:19 for an explanation of this title.
5 tn Heb “You have not listened to my words.”
6 tn Heb “Listen to this word/message which I am about to speak in your ears and the ears of all these people.”
7 tn Heb “The land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
8 tn Heb “Oracle of the