Yeremia 9:12
Konteks“Who is wise enough to understand why this has happened? 2
Who has a word from the Lord that can explain it? 3
Why does the land lie in ruins?
Why is it as scorched as a desert through which no one travels?”
Yeremia 26:21
Konteks26:21 When the king and all his bodyguards 4 and officials heard what he was prophesying, 5 the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear. 6
[9:12] 1 tn The words, “I said” are not in the text. It is not clear that a shift in speaker has taken place. However, the words of the verse are very unlikely to be a continuation of the
[9:12] 2 tn Heb “Who is the wise man that he may understand this?”
[9:12] 3 tn Heb “And [who is the man] to whom the mouth of the
[26:21] 4 tn Heb “all his mighty men/soldiers.” It is unlikely that this included all the army. It more likely was the palace guards or royal bodyguards (see 2 Sam 23 where the same word is used of David’s elite corps).
[26:21] 6 tn Heb “But Uriah heard and feared and fled and entered Egypt.”