Jeremiah 7:19
7:19 But I am not really the one being troubled!” 1 says the Lord. “Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame! 2
Jeremiah 9:5
9:5 One friend deceives another
and no one tells the truth.
These people have trained themselves 3 to tell lies.
They do wrong and are unable to repent.
Jeremiah 31:30
31:30 Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb. 4
1 tn Heb “Is it I whom they provoke?” The rhetorical question expects a negative answer which is made explicit in the translation.
2 tn Heb “Is it not themselves to their own shame?” The rhetorical question expects a positive answer which is made explicit in the translation.
3 tn Heb “their tongues.” However, this is probably not a natural idiom in contemporary English and the tongue may stand as a part for the whole anyway.
4 sn The Lord answers their charge by stating that each person is responsible for his own sin and will himself bear the consequences. Ezek 18 has a more extended treatment of this and shows that this extends not just to the link between parents and children but between former behavior and future behavior of the same individual. To a certain extent the principle articulated here is anticipatory of the statement in v. 34 which refers to the forgiveness of former sins.