Discovery BoxJeremiah 10:8 
Context10:8 The people of those nations 1 are both stupid and foolish.
Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless! 2
Jeremiah 44:20
Context44:20 Then Jeremiah replied to all the people, both men and women, who responded to him in this way. 3
Jeremiah 48:24
Context48:24 on Kerioth and Bozrah. It will come on all the towns of Moab, both far and near.
1 tn Or “Those wise people and kings are…” It is unclear whether the subject is the “they” of the nations in the preceding verse, or the wise people and kings referred to. The text merely has “they.”
2 tn Heb “The instruction of vanities [worthless idols] is wood.” The meaning of this line is a little uncertain. Various proposals have been made to make sense, most of which involve radical emendation of the text. For some examples see J. A. Thompson, Jeremiah (NICOT), 323-24, fn 6. However, this is probably a case of the bold predication that discussed in GKC 452 §141.d, some examples of which may be seen in Ps 109:4 “I am prayer,” and Ps 120:7 “I am peace.”
3 tn Heb “And Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and to the women, namely to all the people who answered him a word.” The appositional phrases have been combined to eliminate what would be redundant to a modern reader.
