Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Jer 31:25) | 1 tn The verbs here again emphasize that the actions are as good as done (i.e., they are prophetic perfects; cf. GKC 312-13 §106.n). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 31:21) | 1 sn The Lord here invites Israel to stop dilly-dallying and prepare themselves to return because he is prepared to do something new and miraculous. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 30:12) | 1 tn The particle כִּי (ki) here is parallel to the one in v. 5 that introduces the first oracle. See the discussion in the translator’s note there. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 29:26) | 5 tn See the translator’s note on 20:2 for this word, which only occurs here and in 20:2-3. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 28:13) | 1 tn Heb “Hananiah, ‘Thus says the Lord….” The translation uses an indirect quotation here used to eliminate one level of embedded quotation. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 27:6) | 3 sn This statement is rhetorical, emphasizing the totality of Nebuchadnezzar’s dominion. Neither here nor in Dan 2:38 is it to be understood literally. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 25:33) | 1 sn The intent here is to emphasize the large quantity of those who are killed—there will be too many to insure proper mourning rites and proper burial. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 23:18) | 2 tn The form here is a jussive with a vav of subordination introducing a purpose after a question (cf. GKC 322 §109.f). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 22:1) | 2 sn The allusion here is to going down from the temple to the palace, which was on a lower eminence. See 36:12 in its context. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 19:5) | 1 tn The word “here” is not in the text. However, it is implicit from the rest of the context. It is supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 18:6) | 2 tn The words “deals with the clay” are not in the text. They are part of an elliptical comparison and are supplied in the translation here for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 17:11) | 2 tn The Hebrew text merely says “it.” But the antecedent might be ambiguous in English, so the reference to wealth gained by unjust means is here reiterated for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 15:9) | 4 sn She has lost her position of honor and the source of her pride. For the concepts here see 1 Sam 2:5. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 14:17) | 3 tn Heb “virgin daughter, my people.” The last noun here is appositional to the first two (genitive of apposition). Hence it is not ‘literally’ “virgin daughter of my people.” |
| (0.30) | (Jer 13:21) | 4 tn Heb “Will not pain [here = mental anguish] take hold of you like a woman giving birth.” The question is rhetorical expecting a positive answer. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 13:13) | 4 tn In Hebrew this is all one long sentence with one verb governing compound objects. It is broken up here in conformity with English style. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 11:19) | 3 sn The word fruit refers contextually here to the prophecies that Jeremiah was giving, not (as some suppose) to his progeny. Jeremiah was not married and had no children. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 11:22) | 3 tn Heb “will die by the sword.” Here “sword” stands contextually for “battle,” while “starvation” stands for death by starvation during siege. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 11:16) | 2 tn The verb form used here is another example of a verb expressing that the action is as good as done (the Hebrew prophetic perfect). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 9:16) | 2 tn Heb “I will send the sword after them.” The sword here is probably not completely literal but refers to death by violent means, including death by the sword. |
