Discovery BoxJeremiah 2:25 
Context2:25 Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out
and your throats become dry. 1
But you say, ‘It is useless for you to try and stop me
because I love those foreign gods 2 and want to pursue them!’
Jeremiah 49:5
Context49:5 I will bring terror on you from every side,”
says the Lord God who rules over all. 3
“You will be scattered in every direction. 4
No one will gather the fugitives back together.
1 tn Heb “Refrain your feet from being bare and your throat from being dry/thirsty.”
2 tn Heb “It is useless! No!” For this idiom, see Jer 18:12; NEB “No; I am desperate.”
3 tn Heb “The Lord Yahweh of armies.” For an explanation of the rendering here and of the significance of this title see the study note on 2:19.
4 tn Heb “You will be scattered each man [straight] before him.”
