Discovery BoxJeremiah 19:14 
Context19:14 Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had sent him to give that prophecy. He went to the Lord’s temple and stood 1 in its courtyard and called out to all the people.
Jeremiah 24:5
Context24:5 “I, the Lord, the God of Israel, say: ‘The exiles whom I sent away from here to the land of Babylon 2 are like those good figs. I consider them to be good.
Jeremiah 26:5
Context26:5 You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. 3 But you have not paid any attention to them.
Jeremiah 26:12
Context26:12 Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. 4 “The Lord sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.
Jeremiah 29:2
Context29:2 He sent it after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials, 5 the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had been exiled from Jerusalem. 6
Jeremiah 29:7
Context29:7 Work to see that the city where I sent you as exiles enjoys peace and prosperity. Pray to the Lord for it. For as it prospers you will prosper.’
Jeremiah 29:28
Context29:28 For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, 7 “You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”’” 8
Jeremiah 36:21
Context36:21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. He went and got it from the room of Elishama, the royal secretary. Then he himself 9 read it to the king and all the officials who were standing around him.
Jeremiah 37:3
Context37:3 King Zedekiah sent 10 Jehucal 11 son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah 12 son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah. He told them to say, “Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf.”
Jeremiah 39:14
Context39:14 sent and had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guardhouse. They turned him over to Gedaliah, 13 the son of Ahikam and the grandson of Shaphan, to take him home with him. 14 But Jeremiah stayed among the people. 15
Jeremiah 40:14
Context40:14 They said to him, “Are you at all aware 16 that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them.
Jeremiah 42:20
Context42:20 You are making a fatal mistake. 17 For you sent me to the Lord your God and asked me, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us. Tell us what the Lord our God says and we will do it.’ 18
Jeremiah 49:14
Context49:14 I said, 19 “I have heard a message from the Lord.
A messenger has been sent among the nations to say,
‘Gather your armies and march out against her!
Prepare to do battle with her!’” 20
1 tn Heb “And Jeremiah entered from Topheth where the
2 tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4.
3 tn See the translator’s note on 7:13 for the idiom here.
4 tn Heb “Jeremiah said to all the leaders and all the people….” See the note on the word “said” in the preceding verse.
5 tn This term is often mistakenly understood to refer to a “eunuch.” It is clear, however, in Gen 39:1 that “eunuchs” could be married. On the other hand it is clear from Isa 59:3-5 that some who bore this title could not have children. In this period, it is possible that the persons who bore this title were high officials like the rab saris who was a high official in the Babylonian court (cf. Jer 39:3, 13; 52:25). For further references see HALOT 727 s.v. סָרִיס 1.c.
6 sn See 2 Kgs 24:14-16 and compare the study note on Jer 24:1.
7 tn Heb “For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying….” The quote, however, is part of the earlier letter.
9 tn Heb “and Jehudi read it.” However, Jehudi has been the subject of the preceding; so it would be awkward in English to use the personal subject. The translation has chosen to bring out the idea that Jehudi himself read it by using the reflexive.
10 sn This is the second of two delegations that Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah to ask him to pray for a miraculous deliverance. Both of them are against the background of the siege of Jerusalem which was instigated by Zedekiah’s rebelling against Nebuchadnezzar and sending to Egypt for help (cf. Ezek 17:15). The earlier delegation (21:1-2) was sent before Nebuchadnezzar had clamped down on Jerusalem because the Judean forces at that time were still fighting against the Babylonian forces in the open field (see 21:4 and the translator’s note there). Here the siege has been lifted because the Babylonian troops had heard a report that the Egyptian army was on the way into Palestine to give the Judeans the promised aid (vv. 5, 7). The request is briefer here than in 21:2 but the intent is no doubt the same (see also the study note on 21:2).
11 sn Jehucal was one of the officials who later sought to have Jeremiah put to death for what they considered treason (38:1-4).
12 sn The priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was a member of the earlier delegation (21:2) and the chief of security in the temple to whom the Babylonian false prophet wrote a letter complaining that Jeremiah should be locked up for his treasonous prophecies (29:25-26). See the study notes on 21:2 and 29:25 for further details.
13 sn Gedaliah. This is the first reference to this individual whom Nebuchadnezzar appointed governor over the people who were left to live in Judah (cf. 40:5; 2 Kgs 25:22). His father was the man who spoke up for Jeremiah when he was accused of being a false prophet by some of the priests and prophets (26:24). His grandfather was the royal secretary under Josiah who brought the discovery of the book of the law to Josiah’s attention, read it to him, and was involved in helping Josiah institute his reforms (2 Kgs 22:8-10).
14 tn The meaning of the last phrase is uncertain. An alternate translation is “to take him home with him.” The text reads literally “to bring him into the house.” However, it is unclear whether “the house” refers to Jeremiah’s house or to Gedaliah’s. The fact that Nebuzaradan later offers Jeremiah the option of going back to Gedaliah (40:5) suggests that the house is here Gedaliah’s where Jeremiah would be looked out for in accord with Nebuchadnezzar’s command (v. 12).
15 tn Many translate this last clause as a conclusion or summary remark, “So Jeremiah stayed…” However, it is better to translate it as an adversative because it probably refers to the fact that rather than staying with Gedaliah in the governor’s residence Jeremiah stayed among the people. That is how he wound up being led off as a prisoner to Ramah. See further the study note on 40:1. According to IBHS 550 §33.2.1d the vav (ו) consecutive can have either of these values (see examples 11 and 12 for the adversative or contrastive nuance).
16 tn The translation is intended to reflect the emphasizing infinitive absolute before the finite verb.
17 tn Heb “you are erring at the cost of your own lives” (BDB 1073 s.v. תָּעָה Hiph.3 and HALOT 1626 s.v. תָּעָה Hif 4, and cf. BDB 90 s.v. בְּ 3 and see parallels in 1 Kgs 2:23; 2 Sam 23:17 for the nuance of “at the cost of your lives”). This fits the context better than “you are deceiving yourselves” (KBL 1035 s.v. תָּעָה Hif 4). The reading here follows the Qere הִתְעֵיתֶם (hit’etem) rather than the Kethib which has a metathesis of י (yod) and ת (tav), i.e., הִתְעֵתֶים. The Greek text presupposes הֲרֵעֹתֶם (hare’otem, “you have done evil”), but that reading is generally rejected as secondary.
18 tn Heb “According to all which the
19 tn The words “I said” are not in the text but it is generally agreed that the words that follow are Jeremiah’s. These words are supplied in the translation to make clear that the speaker has shifted from the
20 tn Heb “Rise up for battle.” The idea “against her” is implicit from the context and has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
