Yeremia 10:7

10:7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, ¹ 

because you deserve to be revered. ² 

For there is no one like you

among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings. ³ 

Yeremia 18:18

Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him

18:18 Then some people ⁴  said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! ⁵  There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. ⁶  Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! ⁷  Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”

[10:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Who should not revere you…?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer.

[10:7]  ² tn Heb “For it is fitting to you.”

[10:7]  ³ tn Heb “their royalty/dominion.” This is a case of substitution of the abstract for the concrete “royalty, royal power” for “kings” who exercise it.

[18:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “They.” The referent is unidentified; “some people” has been used in the translation.

[18:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “Let us make plans against Jeremiah.” See 18:18 where this has sinister overtones as it does here.

[18:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “Instruction will not perish from priest, counsel from the wise, word from the prophet.”

[18:18]  sn These are the three channels through whom God spoke to his people in the OT. See Jer 8:8-10 and Ezek 7:26.

[18:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “Let us smite him with our tongues.” It is clear from the context that this involved plots to kill him.