Yeremia 6:11
Konteks6:11 I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, 1
I am tired of trying to hold it in.”
The Lord answered, 2
“Vent it, then, 3 on the children who play in the street
and on the young men who are gathered together.
Husbands and wives are to be included, 4
as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.
Yeremia 12:3
Konteks12:3 But you, Lord, know all about me.
You watch me and test my devotion to you. 5
Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered!
Appoint a time when they will be killed! 6
Yeremia 15:15
Konteks“Lord, you know how I suffer. 8
Take thought of me and care for me.
Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me.
Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me.
Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake.
Yeremia 17:16
Konteks17:16 But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. 9
I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. 10
You know that.
You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken. 11
Yeremia 18:23
Konteks18:23 But you, Lord, know
all their plots to kill me.
Do not pardon their crimes!
Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! 12
Let them be brought down in defeat before you!
Deal with them while you are still angry! 13
[6:11] 1 tn Heb “I am full of the wrath of the
[6:11] 2 tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the words that follow. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
[6:11] 3 tn Heb “Pour it out.”
[6:11] 4 tn Heb “are to be captured.”
[12:3] 5 tn Heb “You,
[12:3] sn Jeremiah appears to be complaining like Job that God cares nothing about the prosperity of the wicked, but watches his every move. The reverse ought to be true. Jeremiah shouldn’t be suffering the onslaughts of his fellow countrymen as he is. The wicked who are prospering should be experiencing punishment.
[12:3] 6 tn Heb “set aside for them a day of killing.”
[15:15] 7 tn The words “I said” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity to mark the shift from the
[15:15] 8 tn The words “how I suffer” are not in the text but are implicit from the continuation. They are supplied in the translation for clarity. Jeremiah is not saying “you are all knowing.”
[17:16] 9 tc Heb “I have not run after you for the sake of disaster.” The translation follows the suggestion of some ancient versions. The Hebrew text reads “I have not run from being a shepherd after you.” The translation follows two Greek versions (Aquila and Symmachus) and the Syriac in reading the word “evil” or “disaster” here in place of the word “shepherd” in the Hebrew text. The issue is mainly one of vocalization. The versions mentioned are reading a form מֵרָעָה (mera’ah) instead of מֵרֹעֶה (mero’eh). There does not appear to be any clear case of a prophet being called a shepherd, especially in Jeremiah where it is invariably used of the wicked leaders/rulers of Judah, the leaders/rulers of the enemy that he brings to punish them, or the righteous ruler that he will bring in the future. Moreover, there are no cases where the preposition “after” is used with the verb “shepherd.” Parallelism also argues for the appropriateness of this reading; “disaster” parallels the “incurable day.” The thought also parallels the argument thus far. Other than 11:20; 12:3; 15:15 where he has prayed for vindication by the
[17:16] 10 tn Heb “the incurable day.” For the use of this word see the note on 17:9.
[17:16] 11 tn Heb “that which goes out of my lip is right in front of your face.”
[18:23] 12 sn Heb “Do not blot out their sins from before you.” For this anthropomorphic figure which looks at God’s actions as though connected with record books, i.e., a book of wrongdoings to be punished, and a book of life for those who are to live, see e.g., Exod 32:32, 33, Ps 51:1 (51:3 HT); 69:28 (69:29 HT).
