Yeremia 7:13

7:13 You also have done all these things, says the Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again. ¹  But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent! ² 

Yeremia 7:24

7:24 But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better. ³ 

Yeremia 7:2

7:2 “Stand in the gate of the Lord’s temple and proclaim ⁴  this message: ‘Listen, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the Lord. ⁵  Hear what the Lord has to say.

1 Tawarikh 1:16

1:16 Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

Mazmur 81:12

81:12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires; ⁶ 

they did what seemed right to them. ⁷ 

Yeremia 13:11

13:11 For,’ I say, ⁸  ‘just as shorts cling tightly to a person’s body, so I bound the whole nation of Israel and the whole nation of Judah ⁹  tightly ¹⁰  to me.’ I intended for them to be my special people and to bring me fame, honor, and praise. ¹¹  But they would not obey me.

[7:13]  ¹ tn This reflects a Hebrew idiom (e.g., 7:25; 11:7; 25:3, 4), i.e., an infinitive of a verb meaning “to do something early [or eagerly]” followed by an infinitive of another verb of action. Cf. HALOT 1384 s.v. שָׁכַם Hiph.2.

[7:13]  ² tn Heb “I called to you and you did not answer.” The words “to repent” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[7:24]  ³ tn Or “They went backward and not forward”; Heb “They were to the backward and not to the forward.” The two phrases used here appear nowhere else in the Bible and the latter preposition plus adverb elsewhere is used temporally meaning “formerly” or “previously.” The translation follows the proposal of J. Bright, Jeremiah (AB), 57. Another option is “they turned their backs to me, not their faces,” understanding the line as a variant of a line in 2:27.

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “Proclaim there…” The adverb is unnecessary in English style.

[7:2]  ⁵ sn That is, all those who have passed through the gates of the outer court and are standing in the courtyard of the temple.

[81:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I sent him away in the stubbornness of their heart.”

[81:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “they walked in their counsel.” The prefixed verbal form is either preterite (“walked”) or a customary imperfect (“were walking”).

[13:11]  ⁸ tn The words “I say” are “Oracle of the Lord” in Hebrew, and are located at the end of this statement in the Hebrew text rather than the beginning. However, they are rendered in the first person and placed at the beginning for smoother English style.

[13:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah.”

[13:11]  ¹⁰ tn It would be somewhat unnatural in English to render the play on the word translated here “cling tightly” and “bound tightly” in a literal way. They are from the same root word in Hebrew (דָּבַק, davaq), a word that emphasizes the closest of personal relationships and the loyalty connected with them. It is used, for example, of the relationship of a husband and a wife and the loyalty expected of them (cf. Gen 2:24; for other similar uses see Ruth 1:14; 2 Sam 20:2; Deut 11:22).

[13:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I bound them…in order that they might be to me for a people and for a name and for praise and for honor.” The sentence has been separated from the preceding and an equivalent idea expressed which is more in keeping with contemporary English style.