Yeremia 7:11
Konteks7:11 Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own 1 is to be a hideout for robbers? 2 You had better take note! 3 I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord.
Yeremia 10:3
Konteks10:3 For the religion 4 of these people is worthless.
They cut down a tree in the forest,
and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools. 5
Yeremia 37:2
Konteks37:2 Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah. 6
Yeremia 39:17
Konteks39:17 But I will rescue you when it happens. 7 I, the Lord, affirm it! 8 You will not be handed over to those whom you fear. 9
Yeremia 43:13
Konteks43:13 He will demolish the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun 10 in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.”’”
[7:11] 1 tn Heb “over which my name is called.” For this nuance of this idiom cf. BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph.2.d(4) and see the usage in 2 Sam 12:28.
[7:11] 2 tn Heb “Is this house…a den/cave of robbers in your eyes?”
[10:3] 4 tn Heb “statutes.” According to BDB 350 s.v. חֻקָּה 2.b it refers to the firmly established customs or practices of the pagan nations. Compare the usage in Lev 20:23; 2 Kgs 17:8. Here it is essentially equivalent to דֶּרֶךְ (derekh) in v. 1, which has already been translated “religious practices.”
[10:3] 5 sn This passage is dripping with sarcasm. It begins by talking about the “statutes” of the pagan peoples as a “vapor” using a singular copula and singular predicate. Then it suppresses the subject, the idol, as though it were too horrible to mention, using only the predications about it. The last two lines read literally: “[it is] a tree which one cuts down from the forest; the work of the hands of a craftsman with his chisel.”
[37:2] 6 sn These two verses (37:1-2) are introductory to chs. 37–38 and are intended to characterize Zedekiah and his regime as disobedient just like Jehoiakim and his regime had been (Jer 36:27; cf. 2 Kgs 24:19-20). This characterization is important because Zedekiah is portrayed in the incidents that follow in 37–38 as seeking the
[39:17] 7 tn Heb “But I will rescue you on that day” (referring to the same day mentioned in the preceding verse).
[39:17] 8 tn Heb “Oracle of the
[39:17] 9 sn Some commentators see this as a reference to the princes from whose clutches Ebed-Melech delivered Jeremiah (38:7-13). However, it is clear that in this context it refers to those that he would fear when the
[43:13] 10 sn It is generally agreed that the temple of the sun was located in Heliopolis, which is elsewhere referred to as On (cf. Gen 41:45). It was the center for the worship of Amon-Re, the Egyptian sun god, and was famous for its obelisks (conical shaped pillars) dedicated to that god. It was located about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of modern-day Cairo.