Yeremia 2:29

2:29 “Why do you try to refute me? ¹ 

All of you have rebelled against me,”

says the Lord.

Yeremia 16:8

16:8 “‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

Yeremia 41:15

41:15 But Ishmael son of Nethaniah managed to escape from Johanan along with eight of his men, and he went on over to Ammon.

Yeremia 51:4

51:4 Let them fall ²  slain in the land of Babylonia, ³ 

mortally wounded in the streets of her cities. ⁴ 

[2:29]  ¹ sn This is still part of the Lord’s case against Israel. See 2:9 for the use of the same Hebrew verb. The Lord here denies their counter claims that they do not deserve to be punished.

[51:4]  ² tn The majority of English versions and the commentaries understand the vav (ו) consecutive + perfect as a future here “They will fall.” However, it makes better sense in the light of the commands in the previous verse to understand this as an indirect third person command (= a jussive; see GKC 333 §112.q, r) as REB and NJPS do.

[51:4]  ³ tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[51:4]  ⁴ tn The words “cities” is not in the text. The text merely says “in her streets” but the antecedent is “land” and must then refer to the streets of the cities in the land.