Yeremia 2:34

2:34 Even your clothes are stained with

the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong;

you did not catch them breaking into your homes. ¹ 

Yet, in spite of all these things you have done, ² 

Yeremia 23:40

23:40 I will bring on you lasting shame and lasting disgrace which will never be forgotten!’”

Yeremia 51:51

51:51 ‘We ³  are ashamed because we have been insulted. ⁴ 

Our faces show our disgrace. ⁵ 

For foreigners have invaded

the holy rooms ⁶  in the Lord’s temple.’

[2:34]  ¹ tn The words “for example” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarification. This is only one example of why their death was not legitimate.

[2:34]  sn Killing a thief caught in the act of breaking and entering into a person’s home was pardonable under the law of Moses, cf. Exod 22:2.

[2:34]  ² tn KJV and ASV read this line with 2:34. The ASV makes little sense and the KJV again erroneously reads the archaic second person feminine singular perfect as first person common singular. All the modern English versions and commentaries take this line with 2:35.

[51:51]  ³ sn The exiles lament the way they have been humiliated.

[51:51]  ⁴ tn Heb “we have heard an insult.”

[51:51]  ⁵ tn Heb “disgrace covers our face.”

[51:51]  ⁶ tn Or “holy places, sanctuaries.”