Yeremia 1:16
Konteks1:16 In this way 1 I will pass sentence 2 on the people of Jerusalem and Judah 3 because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.” 4
Yeremia 2:28
Konteks2:28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves?
Let them save you when you are in trouble.
The sad fact is that 5 you have as many gods
as you have towns, Judah.
[1:16] 1 tn The Hebrew particle (the vav [ו] consecutive), which is often rendered in some English versions as “and” and in others is simply left untranslated, is rendered here epexegetically, reflecting a summary statement.
[1:16] 2 sn The Hebrew idiom (literally “I will speak my judgments against”) is found three other times in Jeremiah (4:12; 39:5; 52:9), where it is followed by the carrying out of the sentence. Here the carrying out of the sentence precedes in v. 15.
[1:16] 3 tn Heb “on them.” The antecedent goes back to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah (i.e., the people in them) in v. 15.
[2:28] 5 tn This is an attempt to render the Hebrew particle כִּי (ki, “for, indeed”) contextually.