Yeremia 23:24

23:24 “Do you really think anyone can hide himself

where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks. ¹ 

“Do you not know that I am everywhere?” ² 

the Lord asks. ³ 

Yeremia 2:12

2:12 Be amazed at this, O heavens! ⁴ 

Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,”

says the Lord.

Yeremia 5:11

5:11 For the nations of Israel and Judah ⁵ 

have been very unfaithful to me,”

says the Lord.

Yeremia 49:6

49:6 Yet in days to come

I will reverse Ammon’s ill fortune.” ⁶ 

says the Lord. ⁷ 

Yeremia 49:39

49:39 “Yet in days to come

I will reverse Elam’s ill fortune.” ⁸ 

says the Lord. ⁹ 

Yeremia 50:10

50:10 Babylonia ¹⁰  will be plundered.

Those who plunder it will take all they want,”

says the Lord. ¹¹ 

[23:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[23:24]  ² tn The words “Don’t you know” are not in the text. They are a way of conveying the idea that the question which reads literally “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” expects a positive answer. They follow the pattern used at the beginning of the previous two questions and continue that thought. The words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[23:24]  ³ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[2:12]  ⁴ sn In earlier literature the heavens (and the earth) were called on to witness Israel’s commitment to the covenant (Deut 30:12) and were called to serve as witnesses to Israel’s fidelity or infidelity to it (Isa 1:2; Mic 6:1).

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the house of Israel and the house of Judah.”

[49:6]  ⁶ tn See Jer 29:14; 30:3 and the translator’s note on 29:14 for the idiom used here.

[49:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[49:39]  ⁸ tn See Jer 29:14; 30:3 and the translator’s note on 29:14 for the idiom used here.

[49:39]  sn See a similar note on the reversal of Moab’s fortunes in Jer 48:47 and compare also 46:26 for a future restoration of Egypt.

[49:39]  ⁹ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[50:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “The land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

[50:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”