Yeremia 45:5
Konteks45:5 Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm 1 that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. 2 But I will allow you to escape with your life 3 wherever you go.”’”
Yeremia 49:5
Konteks49:5 I will bring terror on you from every side,”
says the Lord God who rules over all. 4
“You will be scattered in every direction. 5
No one will gather the fugitives back together.
[45:5] 1 tn Heb “oracle of the
[45:5] 2 sn Compare Jer 25:31, 33. The reference here to universal judgment also forms a nice transition to the judgments on the nations that follow in Jer 46-51 which may be another reason for the placement of this chapter here, out of its normal chronological order (see also the study note on v. 1).
[45:5] 3 tn Heb “I will give you your life for a spoil.” For this idiom see the translator’s note on 21:9 and compare the usage in 21:9; 38:2; 39:18.
[49:5] 4 tn Heb “The Lord Yahweh of armies.” For an explanation of the rendering here and of the significance of this title see the study note on 2:19.
[49:5] 5 tn Heb “You will be scattered each man [straight] before him.”