Yeremia 51:25
Konteks51:25 The Lord says, 1 “Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! 2
You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth.
I will unleash my power against you; 3
I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain. 4
Yeremia 51:58
Konteks51:58 This is what the Lord who rules over all 5 says,
“Babylon’s thick wall 6 will be completely demolished. 7
Her high gates will be set on fire.
The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. 8
The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.” 9
Yeremia 49:16
Konteks49:16 The terror you inspire in others 10
and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you.
You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks;
you may occupy the highest places in the hills. 11
But even if you made your home where the eagles nest,
I would bring you down from there,”
says the Lord.
[51:25] 1 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[51:25] 2 tn The word “Babylon” is not in the text but is universally understood as the referent. It is supplied in the translation here to clarify the referent for the sake of the average reader.
[51:25] 3 tn Heb “I will reach out my hand against you.” See the translator’s note on 6:12 for explanation.
[51:25] 4 tn Heb “I am against you, oh destroying mountain that destroys all the earth. I will reach out my hand against you and roll you down from the cliffs and make you a mountain of burning.” The interpretation adopted here follows the lines suggested by S. R. Driver, Jeremiah, 318, n. c and reflected also in BDB 977 s.v. שְׂרֵפָה. Babylon is addressed as a destructive mountain because it is being compared to a volcano. The
[51:25] sn The figure here involves comparing Babylon to a destructive volcano which the
[51:58] 5 sn See the note at Jer 2:19.
[51:58] 6 tn The text has the plural “walls,” but many Hebrew
[51:58] 7 tn The infinitive absolute emphasizes the following finite verb. Another option is to translate, “will certainly be demolished.”
[51:58] 8 tn Heb “for what is empty.”
[51:58] 9 tn Heb “and the nations for fire, and they grow weary.”
[49:16] 10 tn The meaning of this Hebrew word (תִּפְלֶצֶת, tifletset) is uncertain because it occurs only here. However, it is related to a verb root that refers to the shaking of the pillars (of the earth) in Job 9:6 and a noun (מִפְלֶצֶת, mifletset) that refers to “horror” or “shuddering” used in Job 21:6; Isa 21:4; Ezek 7:18; Ps 55:6. This is the nuance that is accepted by BDB, KBL, HAL and a majority of the modern English versions. The suffix is an objective genitive. The fact that the following verb is masculine singular suggests that the text here (הִשִּׁיא אֹתָךְ, hishi’ ’otakh) is in error for הִשִּׁיאָתָךְ (hishi’atakh; so G. L. Keown, P. J. Scalise, T. G. Smothers, Jeremiah 26-52 [WBC], 327, n. 16.a).
[49:16] 11 tn The Hebrew text of the first four lines reads: “Your terror [= the terror you inspire] has deceived you, [and] the arrogance of your heart, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who occupy the heights of the hill.” The sentence is broken up and restructured to better conform with English style.