Discovery BoxJeremiah 28:8 
Context28:8 From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably 1 prophesied war, disaster, 2 and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms.
Jeremiah 3:24
Context3:24 From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal,
has taken away 3 all that our ancestors 4 worked for.
It has taken away our flocks and our herds,
and even our sons and daughters.
Jeremiah 22:21
Context22:21 While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. 5
But you said, “I refuse to listen to you.”
That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. 6
Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.
Jeremiah 3:25
Context3:25 Let us acknowledge 7 our shame.
Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. 8
For we have sinned against the Lord our God,
both we and our ancestors.
From earliest times to this very day
we have not obeyed the Lord our God.’
Jeremiah 32:30
Context32:30 This will happen because the people of Israel and Judah have repeatedly done what displeases me 9 from their earliest history until now 10 and because they 11 have repeatedly made me angry by the things they have done. 12 I, the Lord, affirm it! 13
Jeremiah 48:11
Context48:11 “From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed.
It has never been taken into exile.
Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs,
never poured out from one jar to another.
They are like wine which tastes like it always did,
whose aroma has remained unchanged. 14
1 tn The word “invariably” is not in the text but is implicit in the context and in the tense of the Hebrew verb. It is supplied in the translation for clarity and to help bring out the contrast in the next verse.
2 tc Many Hebrew
3 tn Heb “From our youth the shameful thing has eaten up…” The shameful thing is specifically identified as Baal in Jer 11:13. Compare also the shift in certain names such as Ishbaal (“man of Baal”) to Ishbosheth (“man of shame”).
4 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).
5 tn Heb “I spoke to you in your security.” The reference is to the sending of the prophets. Compare this context with the context of 7:25. For the nuance “security” for this noun (שַׁלְוָה, shalvah) rather than “prosperity” as many translate see Pss 122:7; 30:6 and the related adjective (שָׁלֵו, shalev) in Jer 49:31; Job 16:2; 21:23.
6 tn Heb “from your youth.” Compare the usage in 2:2; 3:24 and compare a similar idea in 7:25.
7 tn Heb “Let us lie down in….”
8 tn Heb “Let us be covered with disgrace.”
9 tn Heb “that which is evil in my eyes.” For this idiom see BDB 744 s.v. עַיִן 3.c and compare usage in 18:10.
10 tn Heb “from their youth.”
sn Compare Jer 3:24-25; 11:21. The nation is being personified and reference is made to her history from the time she left Egypt onward (cf. 2:2).
11 tn Heb “the people of Israel.” However, since “people of Israel” has been used in the preceding line for the northern kingdom as opposed to the kingdom of Judah, it might lead to confusion to translate literally. Moreover, the pronoun “they” accomplishes the same purpose.
12 tn Heb “by the work of their hands.” See the translator’s note on 25:6 and the parallelism in 25:14 for this rendering rather than referring it to the making of idols as in 1:16; 10:3.
13 tn Heb “Oracle of the
14 tn Heb “Therefore his taste remains in him and his aroma is not changed.” The metaphor is changed into a simile in an attempt to help the reader understand the figure in the context.
sn The picture is that of undisturbed complacency (cf. Zeph 1:12). Because Moab had never known the discipline of exile she had remained as she always was.
