Jeremiah 45:5

Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm ¹  that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. ²  But I will allow you to escape with your life ³  wherever you go.”’”

Ge 6:12; 2Ki 5:26; Isa 66:16; Jer 21:9; Jer 25:26; Jer 38:2; Jer 39:18; Zep 3:8; Mt 6:25-32; Ro 12:16; 1Co 7:26-32; 1Ti 6:6-9; Heb 13:5

¹ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

² 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).

³ 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.