² tn Heb “Jeremiah’s.”

¹ sn This answers Jeremiah’s question in 14:19.

¹ tn Heb “from the mouth of Jeremiah.”

² tn Heb “by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

¹ tn Heb “by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

¹ sn The Lord interrupts Jeremiah’s complaint with a word for Jerusalem. Compare a similar interruption in discussion with Jeremiah in vv. 5-6.

¹ tn Heb “All the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him.”

¹ tn Heb “in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.”

² tn Heb “Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.”

¹ tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord.”

¹ tn The name, Jeremiah, has been added for specificity.

¹ tn The name Jeremiah has been added for specificity.

¹ tn Heb “The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord.”

³ sn These three pairs represent the twofold nature of Jeremiah’s prophecies, prophecies of judgment and restoration. For the further programmatic use of these pairs for Jeremiah’s ministry see 18:7-10 and 31:27-28.

¹ sn The final chapter of the book of Jeremiah does not mention Jeremiah or record any of his prophecies.

³ tn The words “I cry out” are not in the text, but the words that follow are obviously not the Lord’s. They are either those of the people or of Jeremiah. Taking them as Jeremiah’s parallels the interjection of Jeremiah’s response in 4:10 that is formally introduced.

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.

¹ tn Heb “I looked at the land and behold…” This indicates the visionary character of Jeremiah’s description of the future condition of the land of Israel.

¹ tn The verbs are masculine plural. Jeremiah is calling on other unnamed messengers to spread the news.

¹ tn Heb “So King Zedekiah secretly swore an oath to Jeremiah, saying.”