Discovery BoxJeremiah 7:33 
Context7:33 Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. 1 There will not be any survivors to scare them away.
Jeremiah 9:15
Context9:15 So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, 2 say. 3 ‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. 4
Jeremiah 29:28
Context29:28 For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, 5 “You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.”’” 6
Jeremiah 50:19
Context50:19 But I will restore the flock of Israel to their own pasture.
They will graze on Mount Carmel and the land of Bashan.
They will eat until they are full 7
on the hills of Ephraim and the land of Gilead. 8
1 tn Heb “Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.”
2 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.”
sn See the study notes on 2:9 and 7:3.
3 tn Heb “Therefore, thus says the
4 tn Heb “I will feed this people wormwood and make them drink poison water.” “Wormwood” and “poison water” are not to be understood literally here but are symbolic of judgment and suffering. See, e.g., BDB 542 s.v. לַעֲנָה.
5 tn Heb “For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying….” The quote, however, is part of the earlier letter.
7 tn Heb “their soul [or hunger/appetite] will be satisfied.”
8 sn The metaphor of Israel as a flock of sheep (v. 17) is continued here. The places named were all in Northern Israel and in the Transjordan, lands that were lost to the Assyrians in the period 738-722
