Yeremia 7:17

7:17 Do you see ¹  what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? ² 

Yeremia 29:24

A Response to the Letter and a Subsequent Letter

29:24 The Lord told Jeremiah, “Tell ³  Shemaiah the Nehelamite ⁴ 

[7:17]  ¹ tn Or “Just look at…” The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer.

[7:17]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[29:24]  ³ tn The words “The Lord told Jeremiah” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation here to indicate the shift in topic and the shift in addressee (the imperative “tell” is second singular). The introduction supplied in the translation here matches that in v. 30 where the words are in the text.

[29:24]  ⁴ tn It is unclear whether this is a family name or a place name. The word occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.