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Jeremiah 2:4

Context
The Lord Reminds Them of the Unfaithfulness of Their Ancestors

2:4 Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants 1  of Jacob,

all you family groups from the nation 2  of Israel.

Jeremiah 23:34

Context
23:34 I will punish any prophet, priest, or other person who says “The Lord’s message is burdensome.” 3  I will punish both that person and his whole family.’” 4 

1 tn Heb “house.”

2 tn Heb “house.”

3 tn Heb “burden of the Lord.”

4 tn Heb “And the prophet or the priest or the people [common person] who says, ‘The burden of the Lord,” I will visit upon [= punish] that man and his house.” This is an example of the Hebrew construction call nominative absolute or casus pendens (cf. GKC 458 §143.d).



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