Yeremia 27:13

27:13 There is no reason why you and your people should die in war ¹  or from starvation or disease! ²  That’s what the Lord says will happen to any nation ³  that will not be subject to the king of Babylon.

Yeremia 28:8

28:8 From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably ⁴  prophesied war, disaster, ⁵  and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms.

[27:13]  ¹ tn Heb “with/by the sword.”

[27:13]  ² tn Heb “Why should you and your people die…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer made explicit in the translation, “There is no reason!”

[27:13]  ³ tn Heb “…disease according to what the Lord spoke concerning the nation that…”

[28:8]  ⁴ tn The word “invariably” is not in the text but is implicit in the context and in the tense of the Hebrew verb. It is supplied in the translation for clarity and to help bring out the contrast in the next verse.

[28:8]  ⁵ tc Many Hebrew mss read “starvation/famine” which is the second member of a common triad “sword, famine, and plague” in Jeremiah. This triad occurs thirteen times in the book and undoubtedly influenced a later scribe to read “starvation [= famine]” here. For this triad see the note on 14:14. The words “disaster and plagues” are missing in the LXX.