Yeremia 20:17

20:17 For he did not kill me before I came from the womb,

making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever. ¹ 

Yeremia 43:3

43:3 But Baruch son of Neriah is stirring you up against us. ²  He wants to hand us over ³  to the Babylonians ⁴  so that they will kill us or carry us off into exile in Babylon.”

Yeremia 52:10

52:10 The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah.

[20:17]  ¹ tn Heb “because he did not kill me from the womb so my mother might be to me for my grave and her womb eternally pregnant.” The sentence structure has been modified and the word “womb” moved from the last line to the next to the last line for English stylistic purposes and greater clarity.

[43:3]  ² tn Or “is inciting you against us.”

[43:3]  ³ tn Heb “in order to give us into the hands of the Chaldeans.” The substitution “he wants to” as the equivalent of the purpose clause has been chosen to shorten the sentence to better conform with contemporary English style.

[43:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.