Yeremia 8:14
Konteks“Why are we just sitting here?
Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. 2
Let us at least die there fighting, 3
since the Lord our God has condemned us to die.
He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment 4
because we have sinned against him. 5
Yeremia 18:18
Konteks18:18 Then some people 6 said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! 7 There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. 8 Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! 9 Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
[8:14] 1 tn The words “The people say” are not in the text but are implicit in the shift of speakers between vv. 4-13 and vv. 14-16. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
[8:14] 2 tn Heb “Gather together and let us enter into the fortified cities.”
[8:14] 3 tn Heb “Let us die there.” The words “at least” and “fighting” are intended to bring out the contrast of passive surrender to death in the open country and active resistance to the death implicit in the context.
[8:14] 4 tn The words “of judgment” are not in the text but are intended to show that “poison water” is not literal but figurative of judgment at the hands of God through the agency of the enemy mentioned in v. 16.
[8:14] 5 tn Heb “against the
[18:18] 6 tn Heb “They.” The referent is unidentified; “some people” has been used in the translation.
[18:18] 7 tn Heb “Let us make plans against Jeremiah.” See 18:18 where this has sinister overtones as it does here.
[18:18] 8 tn Heb “Instruction will not perish from priest, counsel from the wise, word from the prophet.”
[18:18] sn These are the three channels through whom God spoke to his people in the OT. See Jer 8:8-10 and Ezek 7:26.
[18:18] 9 tn Heb “Let us smite him with our tongues.” It is clear from the context that this involved plots to kill him.
