Jeremiah 32:23-25

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 32:23 tn Or “They did not do everything that you commanded them to do.” This is probably a case where the negative (לֹא, loʾ) negates the whole category indicated by “all” (כָּל, kol; see BDB 482 s.v. כֹּל 1.e(c) and compare usage in Deut 12:16 and 28:14). Jeremiah has repeatedly emphasized that the history of Israel since their entry into the land has been one of persistent disobedience and rebellion (cf., e.g. 7:22-26; 11:7-8). The statement, of course, is somewhat hyperbolical, as all categorical statements of this kind are.
2. Jeremiah 32:24 tn Heb “Siege ramps have come up to the city to capture it.”
3. Jeremiah 32:24 tn Heb “sword.”
4. Jeremiah 32:24 tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.
5. Jeremiah 32:24 tn Heb “And the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who are fighting against it, because of the sword, starvation, and disease.” The verb “has been given” is one of those perfects that view the action as good as done (the perfect of certainty or prophetic perfect).
6. Jeremiah 32:24 tn The word “Lord” is not in the text but is supplied in the translation as a reminder that it is he who is being addressed.
7. Jeremiah 32:24 tn Heb “And what you said has happened, and, behold, you see it.”
8. Jeremiah 32:25 tn Heb “The Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for further explanation.
9. Jeremiah 32:25 tn Heb “And you, Lord Yahweh, have said to me, ‘Buy the field for…,’ even though the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians.” The sentence has been broken up and the order reversed for English stylistic purposes. For the rendering “is sure to fall into the hands of,” see the translator’s note on the preceding verse.
10. Jeremiah 32:25 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” For the rendering of this title see the study note on 1:6.
11. Jeremiah 32:25 tn Heb “call in witnesses to witness.”