Discovery BoxJeremiah 3:24 
Context3:24 From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal,
has taken away 1 all that our ancestors 2 worked for.
It has taken away our flocks and our herds,
and even our sons and daughters.
Jeremiah 7:9
Context7:9 You steal. 3 You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to 4 other gods whom you have not previously known.
Jeremiah 23:13
Context23:13 The Lord says, 5 “I saw the prophets of Samaria 6
doing something that was disgusting. 7
They prophesied in the name of the god Baal
and led my people Israel astray. 8
1 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”).
2 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).
3 tn Heb “Will you steal…then say, ‘We are safe’?” Verses 9-10 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text.
4 tn Heb “You go/follow after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom involved here.
5 tn The words “The
6 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
7 tn According to BDB 1074 s.v. תִּפְלָּה this word means “unseemly, unsavory.” The related adjective is used in Job 6:6 of the tastelessness of something that is unseasoned.
8 tn Heb “by Baal.”
sn Prophesying in the name of the god Baal was a clear violation of Mosaic law and punishable by death (see Deut 13:1-5). For an example of the apostasy encouraged by prophets of Baal in the northern kingdom of Israel see 1 Kgs 18:16-40.
