Yeremia 4:8
Konteks4:8 So put on sackcloth!
Mourn and wail, saying,
‘The fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned away from us!’” 1
Yeremia 27:21
Konteks27:21 Indeed, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all 2 has already spoken 3 about the valuable articles that are left in the Lord’s temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
Yeremia 40:6
Konteks40:6 So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah 4 and lived there with him. He stayed there to live among the people who had been left in the land of Judah. 5
[4:8] 1 tn Or “wail because the fierce anger of the
[27:21] 2 tn Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” For the significance of this title see the note at 2:19.
[27:21] 3 sn Some of the flavor of the repetitive nature of Hebrew narrative is apparent in vv. 19-21. In the Hebrew original vv. 19-20 are all one long sentence with complex coordination and subordinations. I.e., all the objects in v. 19 are all objects of the one verb “has spoken about” and the description in v. 20 is one long relative or descriptive clause. The introductory “For the
[40:6] 4 sn Mizpah. It is generally agreed that this is the Mizpah that was on the border between Benjamin and Judah. It was located approximately eight miles north of Jerusalem and had been an important military and religious center from the time of the judges on (cf., e.g., Judg 20:1-3; 1 Sam 7:5-14; 1 Sam 10:17; 1 Kgs 15:22). It was not far from Ramah which was approximately four miles north of Jerusalem.
[40:6] 5 tn Heb “So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah…and lived with him among the people who had been left in the land.” The long Hebrew sentence has been divided in two to better conform with contemporary English style.