Discovery BoxJeremiah 3:16-17 
Context3:16 In those days, your population will greatly increase 1 in the land. At that time,” says the Lord, “people will no longer talk about having the ark 2 that contains the Lord’s covenant with us. 3 They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done any more! 4 3:17 At that time the city of Jerusalem 5 will be called the Lord’s throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the Lord’s name. 6 They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. 7
Jeremiah 7:32
Context7:32 So, watch out!” 8 says the Lord. “The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley 9 the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room. 10
Jeremiah 9:10
Context“I will weep and mourn 12 for the grasslands on the mountains, 13
I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wilderness
because they are so scorched no one travels through them.
The sound of livestock is no longer heard there.
Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fields
have fled and are gone.”
Jeremiah 23:36
Context23:36 You must no longer say that the Lord’s message is burdensome. 14 For what is ‘burdensome’ 15 really pertains to what a person himself says. 16 You are misrepresenting 17 the words of our God, the living God, the Lord who rules over all. 18
Jeremiah 44:22
Context44:22 Finally the Lord could no longer endure your wicked deeds and the disgusting things you did. That is why your land has become the desolate, uninhabited ruin that it is today. That is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses. 19
1 tn Heb “you will become numerous and fruitful.”
2 tn Or “chest.”
3 tn Heb “the ark of the covenant.” It is called this because it contained the tables of the law which in abbreviated form constituted their covenant obligations to the
4 tn Or “Nor will another one be made”; Heb “one will not do/make [it?] again.”
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 tn Heb “will gather to the name of the
7 tn Heb “the stubbornness of their evil hearts.”
8 tn Heb “Therefore, behold!”
9 tn Heb “it will no longer be said ‘Topheth’ or ‘the Valley of Ben Hinnom’ but ‘the valley of slaughter.’
10 tn Heb “And they will bury in Topheth so there is not room.”
11 tn The words “I said” are not in the text, but there is general agreement that Jeremiah is the speaker. Cf. the lament in 8:18-9:1. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity. Some English versions follow the Greek text which reads a plural imperative here. Since this reading would make the transition between 9:10 and 9:11 easier it is probably not original but a translator’s way of smoothing over a difficulty.
12 tn Heb “I will lift up weeping and mourning.”
13 tn Heb “for the mountains.” However, the context makes clear that it is the grasslands or pastures on the mountains that are meant. The words “for the grasslands” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
14 tn Heb “burden of the
15 tn Heb “the burden.”
16 tn Heb “The burden is [or will be] to a man his word.” There is a good deal of ambiguity regarding how this line is to be rendered. For the major options and the issues involved W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah (Hermeneia), 1:651-52 should be consulted. Most of them are excluded by the observation that מַשָּׂא probably does not mean “oracle” anywhere in this passage (see note on v. 33 regarding the use of this word). Hence it does not mean “every man’s word becomes his oracle” as in NIV or “for that ‘burden’ [= oracle] is what he entrusts to the man of his word” (W. McKane, Jeremiah [ICC], 1:600-601). The latter is also ruled out by the fact that the antecedent of “his” on “his word” is clearly the word “man” in front of it. This would be the only case where the phrase “man of his word” occurs. There is also no textual reason for repointing the noun with the article as the noun with the interrogative to read “For how can his word become a burden to anyone?” There are, of course, other options but this is sufficient to show that the translation has been chosen after looking at other alternatives.
17 tn Heb “turning.” See BDB 245 s.v. הָפַךְ Qal.1.c and Lev 13:55; Jer 13:33 “changing, altering.”
18 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”
sn See the study note on 2:19 for the explanation of the significance of this title.
19 tn Heb “And/Then the
