Yeremia 6:30

6:30 They are regarded as ‘rejected silver’ ¹ 

because the Lord rejects them.”

Yeremia 48:43

48:43 Terror, pits, and traps ²  are in store

for the people who live in Moab. ³ 

I, the Lord, affirm it! ⁴ 

[6:30]  ¹ tn This translation is intended to reflect the wordplay in the Hebrew text where the same root word is repeated in the two lines.

[48:43]  ² sn There is an extended use of assonance here and in the parallel passage in Isa 24:17. The Hebrew text reads פַּחַד וָפַחַת וָפָח (pakhad vafakhat vafakh). The assonance is intended to underscore the extensive trouble that is in store for them.

[48:43]  ³ tn Heb “are upon you, inhabitant of Moab.” This is another example of the rapid switch in person or direct address (apostrophe) in the midst of a third person description or prediction which the present translation typically keeps in the third person for smoother English style.

[48:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”