Jeremiah 33:3-4
Context33:3 ‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious 1 things which you still do not know about.’ 33:4 For I, the Lord God of Israel, have something more to say about the houses in this city and the royal buildings which have been torn down for defenses against the siege ramps and military incursions of the Babylonians: 2
1 tn This passive participle or adjective is normally used to describe cities or walls as “fortified” or “inaccessible.” All the lexicons, however, agree in seeing it used here metaphorically of “secret” or “mysterious” things, things that Jeremiah could not know apart from the
2 tn Heb “the sword.” The figure has been interpreted for the sake of clarity.