Discovery BoxJeremiah 51:50 
Context51:50 You who have escaped the sword, 1
go, do not delay. 2
Remember the Lord in a faraway land.
Think about Jerusalem. 3
Jeremiah 50:41
Context50:41 “Look! An army is about to come from the north.
A mighty nation and many kings 4 are stirring into action
in faraway parts of the earth.
Jeremiah 6:22
Context6:22 “This is what the Lord says:
‘Beware! An army 5 is coming from a land in the north.
A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.
Jeremiah 31:10
Context31:10 Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations.
Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea.
Say, “The one who scattered Israel will regather them.
He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.”
Jeremiah 6:20
Context6:20 I take no delight 6 when they offer up to me 7
frankincense that comes from Sheba
or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land.
I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me.
I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’ 8
Jeremiah 30:10
Context30:10 So I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid,
you descendants of Jacob, my servants. 9
Do not be terrified, people of Israel.
For I will rescue you and your descendants
from a faraway land where you are captives. 10
The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace.
They will be secure and no one will terrify them. 11
Jeremiah 46:27
Context46:27 12 “You descendants of Jacob, my servants, 13 do not be afraid;
do not be terrified, people of Israel.
For I will rescue you and your descendants
from the faraway lands where you are captives. 14
The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace.
They will be secure and no one will terrify them.
1 sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).
2 tn Heb “don’t stand.”
3 tn Heb “let Jerusalem go up upon your heart.” The “heart” is often viewed as the seat of one’s mental faculties and thought life.
map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 sn A mighty nation and many kings is an allusion to the Medo-Persian empire and the vassal kings who provided forces for the Medo-Persian armies.
5 tn Heb “people.”
6 tn Heb “To what purpose is it to me?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer.
7 tn The words “when they offer up to me” are not in the text but are implicit from the following context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “Your burnt offerings are not acceptable and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.” “The shift from “your” to “their” is an example of the figure of speech (apostrophe) where the speaker turns from talking about someone to addressing him/her directly. Though common in Hebrew style, it is not common in English. The shift to the third person in the translation is an accommodation to English style.
9 tn Heb “So do not be afraid, my servant Jacob, oracle of the
10 tn Heb “For I will rescue you from far away, your descendants from the land of their captivity.”
11 sn Compare the ideals of the Mosaic covenant in Lev 26:6, the Davidic covenant in 2 Sam 7:10-11, and the new covenant in Ezek 34:25-31.
12 sn Jer 46:27-28 are virtually the same as 30:10-11. The verses are more closely related to that context than to this. But the presence of a note of future hope for the Egyptians may have led to a note of encouragement also to the Judeans who were under threat of judgment at the same time (cf. the study notes on 46:2, 13 and 25:1-2 for the possible relative dating of these prophecies).
13 tn Heb “And/But you do not be afraid, my servant Jacob.” Here and elsewhere in the verse the terms Jacob and Israel are poetic for the people of Israel descended from the patriarch Jacob. The terms have been supplied throughout with plural referents for greater clarity.
14 tn Heb “For I will rescue you from far away, your descendants from the land of their captivity.”
