Yeremia 23:17
Konteks23:17 They continually say 1 to those who reject what the Lord has said, 2
‘Things will go well for you!’ 3
They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts,
‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’
Yeremia 49:9
Konteks49:9 If grape pickers came to pick your grapes,
would they not leave a few grapes behind? 4
If robbers came at night,
would they not pillage only what they needed? 5
Yeremia 51:6
Konteks51:6 Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. 6
Flee to save your lives.
Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins.
For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge.
[23:17] 1 tn The translation reflects an emphatic construction where the infinitive absolute follows a participle (cf. GKC 343 §113.r).
[23:17] 2 tc The translation follows the Greek version. The Hebrew text reads, “who reject me, ‘The
[23:17] 3 tn Heb “You will have peace.” But see the note on 14:13. See also 6:14 and 8:11.
[49:9] 4 tn The translation of this verse is generally based on the parallels in Obad 5. There the second line has a ה interrogative in front of it. The question can still be assumed because questions can be asked in Hebrew without a formal marker (cf. GKC 473 §150.a and BDB 519 s.v. לֹא 1.a[e] and compare usage in 2 Kgs 5:26).
[49:9] 5 tn The tense and nuance of the verb translated “pillage” are both different than the verb in Obad 5. There the verb is the imperfect of גָּנַב (ganav, “to steal”). Here the verb is the perfect of a verb which means to “ruin” or “spoil.” The English versions and commentaries, however, almost all render the verb here in much the same way as in Obad 5. The nuance must mean they only “ruin, destroy” (by stealing) only as much as they need (Heb “their sufficiency”), and the verb is used as metonymical substitute, effect for cause. The perfect must be some kind of a future perfect; “would they not have destroyed only…” The negative question is carried over by ellipsis from the preceding lines.
[51:6] 6 tn The words “you foreign people” are not in the text and many think the referent is the exiles of Judah. While this is clearly the case in v. 45 the referent seems broader here where the context speaks of every man going to his own country (v. 9).
[51:6] 8 tn Heb “paying to her a recompense [i.e., a payment in kind].”