Discovery BoxJeremiah 16:14 
Context16:14 Yet 1 I, the Lord, say: 2 “A new time will certainly come. 3 People now affirm their oaths with ‘I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.’
Jeremiah 23:7
Context23:7 “So I, the Lord, say: 4 ‘A new time will certainly come. 5 People now affirm their oaths with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.”
1 tn The particle translated here “Yet” (לָכֵן, lakhen) is regularly translated “So” or “Therefore” and introduces a consequence. However, in a few cases it introduces a contrasting set of conditions. Compare its use in Judg 11:8; Jer 48:12; 49:2; 51:52; and Hos 2:14 (2:16 HT).
2 tn Heb “Oracle of the
3 tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”
4 tn Heb “Oracle of the
5 tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”
