Yeremia 2:22

2:22 You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent.

You can use as much soap as you want.

But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” ¹ 

says the Lord God. ² 

Yeremia 6:21

6:21 So, this is what the Lord says:

‘I will assuredly ³  make these people stumble to their doom. ⁴ 

Parents and children will stumble and fall to their destruction. ⁵ 

Friends and neighbors will die.’

Yeremia 26:12

26:12 Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. ⁶  “The Lord sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.

Yeremia 30:14

30:14 All your allies have abandoned you. ⁷ 

They no longer have any concern for you.

For I have attacked you like an enemy would.

I have chastened you cruelly.

For your wickedness is so great

and your sin is so much. ⁸ 

Yeremia 32:43

32:43 You and your people ⁹  are saying that this land will become desolate, uninhabited by either people or animals. You are saying that it will be handed over to the Babylonians. ¹⁰  But fields ¹¹  will again be bought in this land. ¹² 

Yeremia 52:19

52:19 The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, ¹³  basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels. ¹⁴ 

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “Even if you wash with natron/lye, and use much soap, your sin is a stain before me.”

[2:22]  ² tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” For an explanation of this title see the study notes on 1:6.

[6:21]  ³ tn This is an attempt to render the Hebrew particle rendered “behold” joined to the first person pronoun.

[6:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will put stumbling blocks in front of these people.” In this context the stumbling blocks are the invading armies.

[6:21]  ⁵ tn The words “and fall to their destruction” are implicit in the metaphor and are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[26:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “Jeremiah said to all the leaders and all the people….” See the note on the word “said” in the preceding verse.

[30:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “forgotten you.”

[30:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “attacked you like…with the chastening of a cruel one because of the greatness of your iniquity [and because] your sins are many.” The sentence has been broken down to conform to contemporary English style and better poetic scansion.

[32:43]  ⁹ tn Heb “you.” However, the pronoun is plural and is addressed to more than just Jeremiah (v. 26). It includes Jeremiah and those who have accepted his prophecy of doom.

[32:43]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.

[32:43]  ¹¹ tn The noun is singular with the article, but it is a case of the generic singular (cf. GKC 406 §126.m).

[32:43]  ¹² tn Heb “Fields will be bought in this land of which you [masc. pl.] are saying, ‘It will be desolate [a perfect of certainty or prophetic perfect] without man or beast; it will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’” The original sentence has been broken down to better conform to contemporary English style.

[52:19]  ¹³ sn The censers held the embers used for the incense offerings.

[52:19]  ¹⁴ sn These vessels were used for drink offerings.