Yeremia 3:13

3:13 However, you must confess that you have done wrong, ¹ 

and that you have rebelled against the Lord your God.

You must confess ²  that you have given yourself to ³  foreign gods under every green tree,

and have not obeyed my commands,’ says the Lord.

Yeremia 6:11

6:11 I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, ⁴ 

I am tired of trying to hold it in.”

The Lord answered, ⁵ 

“Vent it, then, ⁶  on the children who play in the street

and on the young men who are gathered together.

Husbands and wives are to be included, ⁷ 

as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

Yeremia 10:25

10:25 Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. ⁸ 

Vent it on the peoples ⁹  who do not worship you. ¹⁰ 

For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. ¹¹ 

They have completely destroyed them ¹² 

and left their homeland in utter ruin.

[3:13]  ¹ tn Heb “Only acknowledge your iniquity.”

[3:13]  ² tn The words “You must confess” are repeated to convey the connection. The Hebrew text has an introductory “that” in front of the second line and a coordinative “and” in front of the next two lines.

[3:13]  ³ tc MT reads דְּרָכַיִךְ (dÿrakhayikh, “your ways”), but the BHS editors suggest דּוֹדַיִךְ (dodayikh, “your breasts”) as an example of orthographic confusion. While the proposal makes sense, it remains a conjectural emendation since it is not supported by any actual manuscripts or ancient versions.

[3:13]  tn Heb “scattered your ways with foreign [gods]” or “spread out your breasts to strangers.”

[6:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “I am full of the wrath of the Lord.”

[6:11]  ⁵ tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the words that follow. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “Pour it out.”

[6:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “are to be captured.”

[10:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “know you.” For this use of the word “know” (יָדַע, yada’) see the note on 9:3.

[10:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “tribes/clans.”

[10:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who do not call on your name.” The idiom “to call on your name” (directed to God) refers to prayer (mainly) and praise. See 1 Kgs 18:24-26 and Ps 116:13, 17. Here “calling on your name” is parallel to “acknowledging you.” In many locations in the OT “name” is equivalent to the person. In the OT, the “name” reflected the person’s character (cf. Gen 27:36; 1 Sam 25:25) or his reputation (Gen 11:4; 2 Sam 8:13). To speak in a person’s name was to act as his representative or carry his authority (1 Sam 25:9; 1 Kgs 21:8). To call someone’s name over something was to claim it for one’s own (2 Sam 12:28).

[10:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “have devoured Jacob.”

[10:25]  ¹² tn Or “have almost completely destroyed them”; Heb “they have devoured them and consumed them.” The figure of hyperbole is used here; elsewhere Jeremiah and God refer to the fact that they will not be completely consumed. See for example 4:27; 5:10, 18.