Jeremiah 5:14
ContextNETBible | Because of that, 1 the Lord, the God who rules over all, 2 said to me, 3 “Because these people have spoken 4 like this, 5 I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up.” 6 |
XREF | 2Ki 1:10-14; Jer 1:9; Jer 23:29; Jer 28:15-17; Ho 6:5; Zec 1:6; Re 11:5,6 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Therefore.” 2 tn Heb “The sn Here the emphasis appears to be on the fact that the 3 tn The words, “to me” are not in the text but are implicit in the connection. They are supplied in the translation for clarification. 4 tn Heb “you have spoken.” The text here דַּבֶּרְכֶם (dabberkhem, “you have spoken”) is either a case of a scribal error for דַּבֶּרָם (dabberam, “they have spoken”) or an example of the rapid shift in addressee which is common in Jeremiah. 5 tn Heb “this word.” 6 tn Heb “like wood and it [i.e., the fire I put in your mouth] will consume them.” |