Yeremia 5:4

5:4 I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. ¹ 

They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. ² 

They do not know what their God requires of them. ³ 

Yeremia 7:19

7:19 But I am not really the one being troubled!” ⁴  says the Lord. “Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame! ⁵ 

Yeremia 29:9

29:9 They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. ⁶  But I did not send them. I, the Lord, affirm it!’ ⁷ 

[5:4]  ¹ tn Heb “Surely they are poor.” The translation is intended to make clear the explicit contrasts and qualifications drawn in this verse and the next.

[5:4]  ² tn Heb “the way of the Lord.”

[5:4]  ³ tn Heb “the judgment [or ordinance] of their God.”

[7:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “Is it I whom they provoke?” The rhetorical question expects a negative answer which is made explicit in the translation.

[7:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “Is it not themselves to their own shame?” The rhetorical question expects a positive answer which is made explicit in the translation.

[29:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “prophesying lies to you in my name.”

[29:9]  sn For the significance of “in my name” see the study notes on 14:14 and 23:27.

[29:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”