Discovery BoxJeremiah 6:11 
Context6:11 I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, 1
I am tired of trying to hold it in.”
The Lord answered, 2
“Vent it, then, 3 on the children who play in the street
and on the young men who are gathered together.
Husbands and wives are to be included, 4
as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.
Jeremiah 18:11
Context18:11 So now, tell the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem 5 this: The Lord says, ‘I am preparing to bring disaster on you! I am making plans to punish you. 6 So, every one of you, stop the evil things you have been doing. 7 Correct the way you have been living and do what is right.’ 8
Jeremiah 23:27
Context23:27 How long will they go on plotting 9 to make my people forget who I am 10 through the dreams they tell one another? That is just as bad as what their ancestors 11 did when they forgot who I am by worshiping the god Baal. 12
Jeremiah 25:29
Context25:29 For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. 13 So how can you possibly avoid being punished? 14 You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the Lord who rules over all, 15 affirm it!’ 16
1 tn Heb “I am full of the wrath of the
2 tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the words that follow. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “Pour it out.”
4 tn Heb “are to be captured.”
5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
6 sn Heb “I am forming disaster and making plans against you.” The word translated “forming” is the same as that for “potter,” so there is a wordplay taking the reader back to v. 5. They are in his hands like the clay in the hands of the potter. Since they have not been pliable he forms new plans. He still offers them opportunity to repent; but their response is predictable.
7 tn Heb “Turn, each one from his wicked way.” See v. 8.
8 tn Or “Make good your ways and your actions.” See the same expression in 7:3, 5.
9 tn The relation of the words to one another in v. 26 and the beginning of v. 27 has created difficulties for translators and commentators. The proper solution is reflected in the NJPS. Verses 26-27 read somewhat literally, “How long is there in the hearts of the prophets who are prophesying the lie and [in the hearts of] the prophets of the delusions of their [own] heart the plotting to cause my people to forget my name…” Most commentaries complain that the text is corrupt, that there is no subject for “is there.” However, the long construct qualification “in the hearts of” has led to the lack of observation that the proper subject is “the plotting to make my people forget.” There are no exact parallels but Jer 14:22; Neh 5:5 follow the same structure. The “How long” precedes the other means of asking a question for the purpose of emphasis (cf. BDB 210 s.v. הֲ 1.b and compare for example the usage in 2 Sam 7:7). There has also been a failure to see that “the prophets of the delusion of…” is a parallel construct noun after “heart of.” Stripping the syntax down to its barest minimum and translating literally, the sentence would read “How long will the plotting…continue in the hearts of the prophets who…and [in hearts of] the prophets of…” The sentence has been restructured in the translation to conform to contemporary English style but attempt has been made to maintain the same subordinations.
10 tn Heb “my name.”
sn In the OT, the “name” reflected the person’s character (cf. Gen 27:36; 1 Sam 25:25) or his reputation (Gen 11:4; 2 Sam 8:13). To speak in someone’s name was to act as his representative or carry his authority (1 Sam 25:9; 1 Kgs 21:8). To call someone’s name over something was to claim it for one’s own (2 Sam 12:28). Hence, here to forget the name is equivalent to forgetting who he was in his essential character (cf. Exod 3:13-15; 6:3; 34:5-7). By preaching lies they had obliterated part of his essential character and caused people to forget who he really was.
11 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 39).
12 tn Heb “through Baal.” This is an elliptical expression for the worship of Baal. See 11:17; 12:16; 19:5 for other references to their relation to Baal. There is a deliberate paralleling in the syntax here between “through their dreams” and “through Baal.”
13 tn Heb “which is called by my name.” See translator’s note on 7:10 for support.
14 tn This is an example of a question without the formal introductory particle following a conjunctive vav introducing an opposition. (See Joüon 2:609 §161.a.) It is also an example of the use of the infinitive before the finite verb in a rhetorical question involving doubt or denial. (See Joüon 2:422-23 §123.f, and compare usage in Gen 37:8.)
15 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”
sn See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for explanation of this extended title.
16 tn Heb “Oracle of Yahweh of armies.”
