Discovery BoxJeremiah 10:7 
Context10:7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, 1
because you deserve to be revered. 2
For there is no one like you
among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings. 3
Jeremiah 12:15
Context12:15 But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent 4 and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands 5 and to their own country.
Jeremiah 27:7
Context27:7 All nations must serve him and his son and grandson 6 until the time comes for his own nation to fall. 7 Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon. 8
Jeremiah 48:17
Context48:17 Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it,
all of you nations that know of its fame. 9
Mourn and say, ‘Alas, its powerful influence has been broken!
Its glory and power have been done away!’ 10
1 tn Heb “Who should not revere you…?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer.
2 tn Heb “For it is fitting to you.”
3 tn Heb “their royalty/dominion.” This is a case of substitution of the abstract for the concrete “royalty, royal power” for “kings” who exercise it.
4 tn For the use of the verb “turn” (שׁוּב, shuv) in this sense, see BDB s.v. שׁוּב Qal.6.g and compare the usage in Pss 90:13; 6:4; Joel 2:14. It does not simply mean “again” as several of the English versions render it.
5 sn The
6 sn This is a figure that emphasizes that they will serve for a long time but not for an unlimited duration. The kingdom of Babylon lasted a relatively short time by ancient standards. It lasted from 605
7 tn Heb “until the time of his land, even his, comes.” The independent pronoun is placed here for emphasis on the possessive pronoun. The word “time” is used by substitution for the things that are done in it (compare in the NT John 2:4; 7:30; 8:20 “his hour had not yet come”).
sn See Jer 25:12-14, 16.
8 tn Heb “him.” This is a good example of the figure of substitution where the person is put for his descendants or the nation or subject he rules. (See Gen 28:13-14 for another good example and Acts 22:7 in the NT.)
9 tn For the use of the word “name” (שֵׁם, shem) to “fame” or “repute” see BDB 1028 s.v. שֵׁם 2.b and compare the usage in Ezek 16:14; 2 Chr 26:15.
sn This refers to both the nearby nations and those who lived further away who had heard of Moab’s power and might only by repute.
10 tn Heb “How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod.” “How” introduces a lament which is here rendered by “Alas.” The staff and rod refer to the support that Moab gave to others not to the fact that she ruled over others which was never the case. According to BDB 739 s.v. עוֹז 1 the “strong staff” is figurative of political power.
