Discovery BoxJeremiah 27:20-21 
Context27:20 He has already spoken about these things that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem away as captives. 1 27:21 Indeed, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all 2 has already spoken 3 about the valuable articles that are left in the Lord’s temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
1 tn 27:19-20 are all one long sentence in Hebrew. It has been broken up for the sake of English style. Some of the sentences still violate contemporary English style (e.g., v. 20) but breaking them down any further would lose the focus. For further discussion see the study note on v. 21.
2 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” For the significance of this title see the note at 2:19.
3 sn Some of the flavor of the repetitive nature of Hebrew narrative is apparent in vv. 19-21. In the Hebrew original vv. 19-20 are all one long sentence with complex coordination and subordinations. I.e., all the objects in v. 19 are all objects of the one verb “has spoken about” and the description in v. 20 is one long relative or descriptive clause. The introductory “For the
