Yeremia 8:4
Konteks“Tell them, ‘The Lord says,
Do people not get back up when they fall down?
Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way? 2
Yeremia 23:21
Konteks23:21 I did not send those prophets.
Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. 3
I did not tell them anything.
Yet they prophesied anyway.
[8:4] 1 tn The words “the
[8:4] 2 sn There is a play on two different nuances of the same Hebrew word that means “turn” and “return,” “turn away” and “turn back.”
[23:21] 3 tn Heb “Yet they ran.”
[23:21] sn The image is that of a messenger bearing news from the king. See 2 Sam 18:19-24; Jer 51:31; Isa 40:9; 52:7; Hab 2:2 (the tablet/scroll bore the message the runner was to read to the intended recipients of his message). Their message has been given in v. 17 (see notes there for cross references).