Discovery BoxJeremiah 5:24 
Context5:24 They do not say to themselves, 1
“Let us revere the Lord our God.
It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time.
It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.” 2
Jeremiah 6:19
Context6:19 Hear this, you peoples of the earth: 3
‘Take note! 4 I am about to bring disaster on these people.
It will come as punishment for their scheming. 5
For they have paid no attention to what I have said, 6
and they have rejected my law.
Jeremiah 14:8
Context14:8 You have been the object of Israel’s hopes.
You have saved them when they were in trouble.
Why have you become like a resident foreigner 7 in the land?
Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night?
Jeremiah 32:29
Context32:29 The Babylonian soldiers 8 that are attacking this city will break into it and set it on fire. They will burn it down along with the houses where people have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods on their rooftops. 9
Jeremiah 42:6
Context42:6 We will obey what the Lord our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us.” 10
Jeremiah 46:5
Context46:5 What do I see?” 11 says the Lord. 12
“The soldiers 13 are terrified.
They are retreating.
They have been defeated.
They are overcome with terror; 14
they desert quickly
without looking back.
1 tn Heb “say in their hearts.”
2 tn Heb “who keeps for us the weeks appointed for harvest.”
3 tn Heb “earth.”
4 tn Heb “Behold!”
5 tn Heb “disaster on these people, the fruit of their schemes.”
6 tn Heb “my word.”
7 tn It would be a mistake to translate this word as “stranger.” This word (גֵּר, ger) refers to a resident alien or resident foreigner who stays in a country not his own. He is accorded the privilege of protection through the common rights of hospitality but he does not have the rights of the native born or citizen. The simile here is particularly effective. The land was the
8 tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.
10 tn Heb “Whether good or whether evil we will hearken to the voice of the
11 tn Heb “Why do I see?” The rendering is that of J. A. Thompson (Jeremiah [NICOT], 685, 88) and J. Bright (Jeremiah [AB], 301; TEV; NIV). The question is not asking for information but is expressing surprise or wonder (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 951).
sn The passage takes an unexpected turn at v. 5. After ironically summoning the Egyptian army to battle, the
12 tn Heb “oracle of the
13 tn Heb “Their soldiers.” These words are actually at the midpoint of the stanza as the subject of the third of the five verbs. However, as G. L. Keown, P. J. Scalise, and T. G. Smothers (Jeremiah 26-52 [WBC], 291) note, this is the subject of all five verbs “are terrified,” “are retreating,” “have been defeated,” “have run away,” and “have not looked back.” The subject is put at the front to avoid an unidentified “they.”
14 tn Heb “terror is all around.”
