Yeremia 4:4
Konteks4:4 Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin
as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment,
you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord
and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, 1
people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem.
If you do not, 2 my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you
that no one will be able to extinguish.
That will happen because of the evil you have done.”
Yeremia 32:29
Konteks32:29 The Babylonian soldiers 3 that are attacking this city will break into it and set it on fire. They will burn it down along with the houses where people have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods on their rooftops. 4
Yeremia 38:23
Konteks38:23 “All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. 5 You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the 6 king of Babylon. This city will be burned down.” 7
[4:4] 1 tn Heb “Circumcise yourselves to the
[32:29] 3 tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.
[32:29] 4 sn Compare Jer 19:13.
[38:23] 5 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
[38:23] 6 tn Heb “you yourself will not escape from their hand but will be seized by [caught in] the hand of the king of Babylon.” Neither use of “hand” is natural to the English idiom.
[38:23] 7 tc This translation follows the reading of the Greek version and a few Hebrew