¹ tn Heb “in those days.”

² tn The words “Then the Lord said” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “As for you.” The personal name Jeremiah is supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn The words “to save them” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “you.”

⁶ tn The words “to save them” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

sn Cf. Jer 7:16 where this same command is addressed to Jeremiah.

⁷ tc The rendering “when disaster strikes them” is based on reading “at the time of” (בְּעֵת, bÿ’et) with a number of Hebrew mss and the versions instead of “on account of” (בְּעַד, bÿ’ad). W. L. Holladay (Jeremiah [Hermeneia], 1:347) is probably right in assuming that the MT has been influenced by “for them” (בַעֲדָם, va’adam) earlier in the verse.

⁸ tn Heb “on behalf of these people for benefit.”

⁹ tn Heb “and they are ‘no gods.’” For the construction here compare 2:11 and a similar construction in 2 Kgs 19:18 and see BDB 519 s.v. לֹא 1.b(b).

¹⁰ tn Heb “do not be a source of dismay for me.” For this nuance of מְחִתָּה (mÿkhittah) rather than “terror” as many of the English versions have it see BDB 370 s.v. מְחִתָּה 1.b and the usage in Prov 21:15. Compare also the usage of the related verb which occurs in the next verse (see also BDB 369 s.v. חָתַת Qal.2).

¹¹ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

sn See the study note on 2:19 for an explanation of this title.

¹² tn Heb “You have not listened to my words.”

¹³ tn Heb “the word [or message] you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord.” For an explanation of the rendering of “in the name of the Lord” see the study notes on 10:25 and 23:27.