Yeremia 13:16
Konteks13:16 Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. 1
Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. 2
Do it before you stumble 3 into distress
like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. 4
Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for
into the darkness and gloom of exile. 5
Yeremia 23:12
Konteks23:12 So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery.
They will stumble and fall headlong.
For I will bring disaster on them.
A day of reckoning is coming for them.” 6
The Lord affirms it! 7
[13:16] 1 tn Heb “Give glory/respect to the
[13:16] 2 tn The words “of disaster” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation to explain the significance of the metaphor to readers who may not be acquainted with the metaphorical use of light and darkness for salvation and joy and distress and sorrow respectively.
[13:16] sn For the metaphorical use of these terms the reader should consult O. A. Piper, “Light, Light and Darkness,” IDB 3:130-32. For the association of darkness with the Day of the
[13:16] 3 tn Heb “your feet stumble.”
[13:16] 4 tn Heb “you stumble on the mountains at twilight.” The added words are again supplied in the translation to help explain the metaphor to the uninitiated reader.
[13:16] 5 tn Heb “and while you hope for light he will turn it into deep darkness and make [it] into gloom.” The meaning of the metaphor is again explained through the addition of the “of” phrases for readers who are unacquainted with the metaphorical use of these terms.
[13:16] sn For the meaning and usage of the term “deep darkness” (צַלְמָוֶת, tsalmavet), see the notes on Jer 2:6. For the association of the term with exile see Isa 9:2 (9:1 HT). For the association of the word gloom with the Day of the
[23:12] 6 tn For the last two lines see 11:23 and the notes there.
