Jeremiah 7:33
7:33 Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. 1 There will not be any survivors to scare them away.
Jeremiah 9:15
9:15 So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, 2 say. 3 ‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. 4
Jeremiah 29:28
29:28 For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, 5 “You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”’” 6
Jeremiah 50:19
50:19 But I will restore the flock of Israel to their own pasture.
They will graze on Mount Carmel and the land of Bashan.
They will eat until they are full 7
on the hills of Ephraim and the land of Gilead. 8
1 tn Heb “Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.”
2 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”
sn See the study notes on 2:9 and 7:3.
3 tn Heb “Therefore, thus says the Lord…” The person is shifted from third to first to better conform with English style.
4 tn Heb “I will feed this people wormwood and make them drink poison water.” “Wormwood” and “poison water” are not to be understood literally here but are symbolic of judgment and suffering. See, e.g., BDB 542 s.v. לַעֲנָה.
5 tn Heb “For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying….” The quote, however, is part of the earlier letter.
6 sn See v. 5.
7 tn Heb “their soul [or hunger/appetite] will be satisfied.”
8 sn The metaphor of Israel as a flock of sheep (v. 17) is continued here. The places named were all in Northern Israel and in the Transjordan, lands that were lost to the Assyrians in the period 738-722 b.c. All of these places were known for their fertility, for their woods and their pastures. The hills (hill country) of Ephraim formed the center of Northern Israel. Mount Carmel lies on the seacoast of the Mediterranean north and west of the hill country of Ephraim. Gilead formed the central part of Transjordan and was used to refer at times to the territory between the Yarmuk and Jabbok Rivers, at times to the territory between the Yarmuk and the Arnon Rivers, and at times for all of Israel in the Transjordan. Bashan refers to the territory north of Gilead.