Jeremiah 25:29

For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. ¹  So how can you possibly avoid being punished? ²  You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the Lord who rules over all, ³  affirm it!’ ⁴ 

1Ki 8:43; Pr 11:21; Pr 11:31; Pr 17:5; Jer 30:11; Jer 46:28; Jer 49:12; Eze 9:6; Eze 14:17,21; Eze 38:21; Da 9:18,19; Ob 1:16; Zec 13:7; Lu 23:31; 1Pe 4:17

¹ tn Heb “which is called by my name.” See translator’s note on 7:10 for support.

² tn This is an example of a question without the formal introductory particle following a conjunctive vav introducing an opposition. (See Joüon 2:609 §161.a.) It is also an example of the use of the infinitive before the finite verb in a rhetorical question involving doubt or denial. (See Joüon 2:422-23 §123.f, and compare usage in Gen 37:8.)

³ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

sn See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for explanation of this extended title.

⁴ tn Heb “Oracle of Yahweh of armies.”