Discovery BoxJeremiah 1:13 
Context1:13 The Lord again asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped toward us from the north.” 1
Jeremiah 5:12
Context5:12 “These people have denied what the Lord says. 2
They have said, ‘That is not so! 3
No harm will come to us.
We will not experience war and famine. 4
Jeremiah 17:15
Context17:15 Listen to what they are saying to me. 5
They are saying, “Where are the things the Lord threatens us with?
Come on! Let’s see them happen!” 6
Jeremiah 23:6
Context23:6 Under his rule 7 Judah will enjoy safety 8
and Israel will live in security. 9
This is the name he will go by:
‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ 10
Jeremiah 31:6
Context31:6 Yes, a time is coming
when watchmen 11 will call out on the mountains of Ephraim,
“Come! Let us go to Zion
to worship the Lord our God!”’” 12
Jeremiah 33:16
Context33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety 13 and Jerusalem 14 will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.” 15
Jeremiah 35:8
Context35:8 We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. We have never drunk wine. 16
Jeremiah 36:15
Context36:15 They said to him, “Please sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch sat down and read it to them. 17
1 tn Heb “a blown upon [= heated; boiling] pot and its face from the face of the north [= it is facing away from the north].”
2 tn Heb “have denied the
3 tn Or “he will do nothing”; Heb “Not he [or it]!”
4 tn Heb “we will not see the sword and famine.”
5 tn Heb “Behold, they are saying to me.”
6 tn Heb “Where is the word of the
7 tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”
8 tn Parallelism and context (cf. v. 4) suggest this nuance for the word often translated “be saved.” For this nuance elsewhere see Ps 119:117; Prov 28:18 for the verb (יָשַׁע [yasha’] in the Niphal); and Ps 12:6; Job 5:4, 11 for the related noun (יֶשַׁע, yesha’).
9 sn It should be noted that this brief oracle of deliverance implies the reunification of Israel and Judah under the future Davidic ruler. Jeremiah has already spoken about this reunification earlier in 3:18 and will have more to say about it in 30:3; 31:27, 31. This same ideal was espoused in the prophecies of Hosea (1:10-11 [2:1-2 HT]), Isaiah (11:1-4, 10-12), and Ezekiel (37:15-28) all of which have messianic and eschatological significance.
10 tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The
sn The Hebrew word translated “justice” here is very broad in its usage, and it is hard to catch all the relevant nuances for this word in this context. It is used for “vindication” in legal contexts (see, e.g., Job 6:29), for “deliverance” or “salvation” in exilic contexts (see, e.g., Isa 58:8), and in the sense of ruling, judging with “justice” (see, e.g., Lev 19:15; Isa 32:1). Here it probably sums up the justice that the
11 sn Watchmen were stationed at vantage points to pass on warning of coming attack (Jer 6:17; Ezek 33:2, 6) or to spread the news of victory (Isa 52:8). Here reference is made to the watchmen who signaled the special times of the year such as the new moon and festival times when Israel was to go to Jerusalem to worship. Reference is not made to these in the Hebrew Bible but there is a good deal of instruction regarding them in the later Babylonian Talmud.
12 sn Not only will Israel and Judah be reunited under one ruler (cf. 23:5-6), but they will share a unified place and practice of worship once again in contrast to Israel using the illicit places of worship, illicit priesthood, and illicit feasts instituted by Jeroboam (1 Kgs 12:26-31) and continued until the downfall of Samaria in 722
13 tn For the translation of this term in this context see the parallel context in 23:6 and consult the translator’s note there.
14 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
15 tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The
sn For the significance of this title see the study note on the parallel text in 23:6. Other titles by which Jerusalem is to be known are found in Isa 62:2-4; Jer 3:17; Ezek 48:35; Zech 8:3 emphasizing that the
16 tn Heb “We have not drunk wine all our days.” Actually vv. 8b-9a are a series of infinitive constructs plus the negative לְבִלְתִּי (lÿvilti) explaining the particulars of how they have obeyed, i.e., by not drinking wine…and by not building….” The more direct declarative statement is used here to shorten the sentence and is more in keeping with contemporary style.
17 tn Or “‘to us personally’…to them personally”; Heb “‘in our ears’…in their ears.” Elsewhere this has been rendered “in the hearing of” or “where they could hear.” All three of those idioms sound unnatural in this context. The mere personal pronoun seems adequate.
