Discovery BoxJeremiah 4:4 
Context4:4 Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin
as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment,
you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord
and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, 1
people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem.
If you do not, 2 my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you
that no one will be able to extinguish.
That will happen because of the evil you have done.”
Jeremiah 42:18
Context42:18 For 3 the Lord God of Israel who rules over all 4 says, ‘If you go to Egypt, I will pour out my wrath on you just as I poured out my anger and wrath on the citizens of Jerusalem. 5 You will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. 6 You will never see this place again.’ 7
Jeremiah 44:17
Context44:17 Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. 8 We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven 9 just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles. 10
1 tn Heb “Circumcise yourselves to the
2 tn Heb “lest.”
3 tn Or “Indeed.”
4 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” See the study note on 2:19 for the translation and significance of this title.
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 See the study note on 24:9 and the usage in 29:22 for the meaning and significance of this last phrase.
7 tn Or “land.” The reference is, of course, to the land of Judah.
8 tn Heb “that went out of our mouth.” I.e., everything we said, promised, or vowed.
9 tn Heb “sacrifice to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her.” The expressions have been combined to simplify and shorten the sentence. The same combination also occurs in vv. 18, 19.
sn See the translator’s note and the study note on 7:18 for the problem of translation and identification of the term translated here “the goddess called the Queen of Heaven.”
10 tn Heb “saw [or experienced] no disaster/trouble/harm.”
