Discovery BoxJeremiah 10:10 
Context10:10 The Lord is the only true God.
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
When he shows his anger the earth shakes.
None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
Jeremiah 23:4
Context23:4 I will install rulers 1 over them who will care for them. Then they will no longer need to fear or be terrified. None of them will turn up missing. 2 I, the Lord, promise it! 3
Jeremiah 36:30
Context36:30 So the Lord says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah, “None of his line will occupy the throne of David. 4 His dead body will be thrown out to be exposed to scorching heat by day and frost by night. 5
1 tn Heb “shepherds.”
2 tn There are various nuances of the word פָּקַד (paqad) represented in vv. 2, 4. See Ps 8:4 (8:5 HT) and Zech 10:3 for “care for/take care of” (cf. BDB 823 s.v. פָּקַד Qal.A.1.a). See Exod 20:5; Amos 3:2; Jer 9:24; 11:22 for “punish” (cf. BDB 823 s.v. פָּקַד Qal.A.3). See 1 Kgs 20:39 and 2 Kgs 10:19 for “be missing” (cf. BDB 823 s.v. פָּקַד Niph.1).
sn There is an extended play on the Hebrew word פָּקַד which is a word with rather broad English equivalents. Here the word refers to the fault of the shepherds/rulers who have not “taken care” of the sheep/people (v. 2), the “punishment” for the evil they have done in not taking care of them (v. 2), and the fact that after the
3 tn Heb “Oracle of the
4 sn This prophesy was not “totally” fulfilled because his son Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) did occupy the throne for three months (2 Kgs 23:8). However, his rule was negligible and after his capitulation and exile to Babylon, he himself was promised that neither he nor his successors would occupy the throne of David (cf. Jer 22:30; and see the study notes on 22:24, 30).
5 sn Compare the more poetic prophecy in Jer 22:18-19 and see the study note on 22:19.
