Yeremia 2:33

2:33 “My, how good you have become

at chasing after your lovers! ¹ 

Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two! ² 

Yeremia 9:14

9:14 Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to ³  the gods called Baal, ⁴  as their fathers ⁵  taught them to do.

Yeremia 17:23

17:23 Your ancestors, ⁶  however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused ⁷  to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.’

[2:33]  ¹ tn Heb “How good you have made your ways to seek love.”

[2:33]  ² tn Heb “so that even the wicked women you teach your ways.”

[9:14]  ³ tn Heb “they have gone/followed after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for the idiom.

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Baals,” referring either to the pagan gods called “Baals” or the images of Baal (so NLT).

[9:14]  ⁵ tn Or “forefathers,” or “ancestors.” Here the referent could be the immediate parents or, by their example, more distant ancestors.

[17:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “They.” The antecedent is spelled out to avoid any possible confusion.

[17:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “They hardened [or made stiff] their neck so as not to.”