Jeremiah 8:2

8:2 They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars.¹ These are things they² adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance,³ from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people⁴ will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground.⁵

Jeremiah 36:3

36:3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing.⁶ If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done.”⁷

Jeremiah 45:5

45:5 Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm⁸ that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity.⁹ But I will allow you to escape with your life¹⁰ wherever you go.”’”

¹tc MT, 4QJer^a and LXX read “the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven,” but 4QJer^c reads “the sun and all the stars.”

tn Heb “the host of heaven.”

²tn Heb “the sun, moon, and host of heaven which they…”

³tn Heb “followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.

⁴tn Heb “they will not” but the referent is far enough removed that it might be ambiguous.

⁵tn Heb “like dung/manure on the surface of the ground.”

⁶tn Heb “will turn each one from his wicked way.”

⁷tn Heb “their iniquity and their sin.”

sn The offer of withdrawal of punishment for sin is consistent with the principles of Jer 18:7-8 and the temple sermon delivered early in the reign of this king (cf. 26:1-3; 7:5-7).

⁸tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

⁹sn Compare Jer 25:31, 33. The reference here to universal judgment also forms a nice transition to the judgments on the nations that follow in Jer 46-51 which may be another reason for the placement of this chapter here, out of its normal chronological order (see also the study note on v. 1).

¹⁰tn Heb “I will give you your life for a spoil.” For this idiom see the translator’s note on 21:9 and compare the usage in 21:9; 38:2; 39:18.