Jeremiah 6:11

6:11 I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, 1 

I am tired of trying to hold it in.”

The Lord answered, 2 

“Vent it, then, 3  on the children who play in the street

and on the young men who are gathered together.

Husbands and wives are to be included, 4 

as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

Jeremiah 49:37

49:37 I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies,

who are seeking to kill them.

I will vent my fierce anger

and bring disaster upon them,” 5  says the Lord. 6 

“I will send armies chasing after them 7 

until I have completely destroyed them.

Jeremiah 50:13

50:13 After I vent my wrath on it Babylon will be uninhabited. 8 

It will be totally desolate.

All who pass by will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn

because of all the disasters that have happened to it. 9 

1 tn Heb “I am full of the wrath of the Lord.”

2 tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the words that follow. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Heb “Pour it out.”

4 tn Heb “are to be captured.”

5 tn Heb “I will bring disaster upon them, even my fierce anger.”

6 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

7 tn Heb “I will send the sword after them.”

8 tn Heb “From [or Because of] the wrath of the Lord it will be uninhabited.” The causal connection is spelled out more clearly and actively and the first person has been used because the speaker is the Lord. The referent “it” has been spelled out clearly from the later occurrence in the verse, “all who pass by Babylon.”

9 sn Compare Jer 49:17 and the study note there and see also the study notes on 18:16 and 19:8.