Yeremia 3:23
Konteks3:23 We know our noisy worship of false gods
on the hills and mountains did not help us. 1
We know that the Lord our God
is the only one who can deliver Israel. 2
Yeremia 19:2
Konteks19:2 Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. 3 Announce there what I tell you. 4
Yeremia 41:17
Konteks41:17 They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, 5 but stopped at Geruth Kimham 6 near Bethlehem. 7
[3:23] 1 tn Heb “Truly in vain from the hills the noise/commotion [and from] the mountains.” The syntax of the Hebrew sentence is very elliptical here.
[3:23] 2 tn Heb “Truly in the
[19:2] 3 sn The exact location of the Potsherd Gate is unknown since it is nowhere else mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It is sometimes identified with the Dung Gate mentioned in Neh 2:13; 3:13-14; 12:31 on the basis of the Jerusalem Targum. It is probably called “Potsherd Gate” because that is where the potter threw out the broken pieces of pottery which were no longer of use to him. The Valley of Ben Hinnom has already been mentioned in 7:31-32 in connection with the illicit religious practices, including child sacrifice, which took place there. The Valley of Ben Hinnom (or sometimes Valley of Hinnom) runs along the west and south sides of Jerusalem.
[19:2] 4 tn Heb “the words that I will speak to you.”
[41:17] 5 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
[41:17] 6 sn Geruth Kimham is nowhere else mentioned in the Bible and its precise location is unknown. Many commentators relate the second part of the name to the name of the son of David’s benefactor when he fled from Absalom (2 Sam 19:38-39) and see this as a reference to an estate that David assigned this son as reward for his father’s largess. Gibeon was about six miles northwest of Jerusalem and Benjamin is approximately the same distance southwest of it. Hence, the people mentioned here had not traveled all that far.
[41:17] 7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
