Discovery BoxJeremiah 8:2 
Context8:2 They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. 1 These are things they 2 adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, 3 from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people 4 will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground. 5
Jeremiah 36:3
Context36:3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. 6 If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done.” 7
Jeremiah 45:5
Context45:5 Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm 8 that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. 9 But I will allow you to escape with your life 10 wherever you go.”’”
1 tc MT, 4QJera and LXX read “the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven,” but 4QJerc reads “the sun and all the stars.”
tn Heb “the host of heaven.”
2 tn Heb “the sun, moon, and host of heaven which they…”
3 tn Heb “followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.
4 tn Heb “they will not” but the referent is far enough removed that it might be ambiguous.
5 tn Heb “like dung/manure on the surface of the ground.”
6 tn Heb “will turn each one from his wicked way.”
7 tn Heb “their iniquity and their sin.”
sn The offer of withdrawal of punishment for sin is consistent with the principles of Jer 18:7-8 and the temple sermon delivered early in the reign of this king (cf. 26:1-3; 7:5-7).
8 tn Heb “oracle of the
9 sn Compare Jer 25:31, 33. The reference here to universal judgment also forms a nice transition to the judgments on the nations that follow in Jer 46-51 which may be another reason for the placement of this chapter here, out of its normal chronological order (see also the study note on v. 1).
10 tn Heb “I will give you your life for a spoil.” For this idiom see the translator’s note on 21:9 and compare the usage in 21:9; 38:2; 39:18.
