Yeremia 8:10

8:10 ¹ So I will give their wives to other men

and their fields to new owners.

For from the least important to the most important of them,

all of them are greedy for dishonest gain.

Prophets and priests alike,

all practice deceit.

Yeremia 18:18

Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him

18:18 Then some people ²  said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! ³  There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. ⁴  Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! ⁵  Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”

[8:10]  ¹ sn See Jer 6:12-15 for parallels to 8:10-12. The words of Jeremiah to the people may have been repeated on more than one occasion or have been found appropriate to more than one of his collection of messages in written and edited form. See Jer 36:4 and Jer 36:28 for reference to at least two of these collections.

[18:18]  ² tn Heb “They.” The referent is unidentified; “some people” has been used in the translation.

[18:18]  ³ tn Heb “Let us make plans against Jeremiah.” See 18:18 where this has sinister overtones as it does here.

[18:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “Instruction will not perish from priest, counsel from the wise, word from the prophet.”

[18:18]  sn These are the three channels through whom God spoke to his people in the OT. See Jer 8:8-10 and Ezek 7:26.

[18:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “Let us smite him with our tongues.” It is clear from the context that this involved plots to kill him.