¹ tn Or “officials.”

¹ tn Heb “officials at my table.”

¹ tn Or “officials” (NRSV, TEV); NLT “leaders.”

¹ tn Or “the Book of the Official Records.”

² tn Or “princes” (so NLT); CEV “highest officials.”

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

¹ sn This probably refers to Judah’s officials and messengers.

¹ tn Heb “to bind his officials by his will.”

² tn Heb “and he assigned to her an official, saying.”

² tn Heb “he sent and called,” which indicates an official summons.

¹ sn These officials of Judah were officials from the royal court. They may have included some of the officials mentioned in Jer 36:12-25. They would have been concerned about any possible “illegal” proceedings going on in the temple.

³ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The official’s request is that the legal system be respected.

¹ tn Grk “Asiarchs” (high-ranking officials of the province of Asia).

² tn Grk “they”; the referent (the city officials) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “a ruler of the Pharisees.” He was probably a synagogue official.

² tn Heb “the official asks—and the judge—for a bribe.”

¹ tn Heb “Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets…”

² tn Heb “and the officials and all the people to all your words.”

¹ tn Or “eunuchs” (so NAB); NIV “officials”; KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT “officers.”

² tn Heb “wrote down for him the officials of Sukkoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.”