Jeremiah Notes

Jeremiah 2

a 2:10 Hebrew Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus

b 2:10 In the northern Arabian desert, representative of the eastern cultures

c 2:16 That is, Memphis in ancient Egypt

d 2:18 That is, the Euphrates

Jeremiah 10

a 10:13 Psalm 135:7

Jeremiah 11

a 11:5 Exodus 3:8

Jeremiah 12

a 12:5 Or thicket

b 12:10 Literally shepherds or pastors

Jeremiah 13

a 13:4 Hebrew Perath

Jeremiah 15

a 15:14 Following Masoretic Text and Vulgate; Septuagint, Syriac, and Targum read cause you to serve (compare 17:4).

Jeremiah 17

a 17:2 Hebrew Asherim, Canaanite deities

b 17:8 Qere and Targum read see.

Jeremiah 18

a 18:17 Following Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads look them in.

Jeremiah 20

a 20:3 Literally Fear on Every Side

Jeremiah 21

a 21:2 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, and so elsewhere

b 21:4 Or Babylonians

Jeremiah 22

a 22:11 Also called Jehoahaz

b 22:24 Also called Jeconiah and Jehoiachin

Jeremiah 23

a 23:6 Hebrew YHWH Tsidkenu

b 23:33 Septuagint, Targum, and Vulgate read ‘You are the burden.’

Jeremiah 25

a 25:26 A code word for Babylon (compare 51:41)

Jeremiah 26

a 26:18 Literally house

b 26:18 Compare Micah 3:12

Jeremiah 27

a 27:1 Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; some Hebrew manuscripts, Arabic, and Syriac read Zedekiah (compare 27:3, 12; 28:1).

b 27:1 Septuagint omits verse 1.

Jeremiah 31

a 31:32 Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint and Syriac read and I turned away from them.

Jeremiah 32

a 32:4 Literally mouth to mouth

b 32:22 Exodus 3:8

Jeremiah 33

a 33:4 Compare Isaiah 22:10

b 33:5 Compare 2 Kings 23:14

c 33:16 Compare 23:5, 6

Jeremiah 34

a 34:3 Literally mouth to mouth

Jeremiah 36

a 36:4 Literally from Jeremiah’s mouth

b 36:6 Literally from my mouth

c 36:17 Literally with his mouth

d 36:26 Hebrew Hammelech

e 36:27 Literally from Jeremiah’s mouth

f 36:32 Literally from Jeremiah’s mouth

Jeremiah 38

a 38:1 Same as Jehucal (compare 37:3)

b 38:2 Compare 21:9

c 38:6 Hebrew Hammelech

Jeremiah 39

a 39:3 A title, probably Chief Officer; also verse 13

b 39:3 A title, probably Troop Commander; also verse 13

c 39:4 Or the Arabah, that is, the Jordan Valley

Jeremiah 40

a 40:8 Spelled Jaazaniah in 2 Kings 25:23

Jeremiah 43

a 43:12 Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read He.

b 43:13 Literally House of the Sun, ancient On; later called Heliopolis

Jeremiah 44

a 44:1 That is, ancient Memphis

Jeremiah 45

a 45:1 Literally from Jeremiah’s mouth

Jeremiah 46

a 46:14 That is, ancient Memphis

b 46:19 That is, ancient Memphis

c 46:25 A sun god

d 46:25 That is, ancient Thebes

Jeremiah 48

a 48:1 Hebrew Misgab

b 48:2 A city of Moab

c 48:4 Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint reads Proclaim it in Zoar.

d 48:6 Or Aroer, a city of Moab

e 48:11 The Hebrew uses masculine and feminine pronouns interchangeably in this chapter.

f 48:31 Following Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, and Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads He.

g 48:34 Or The Third Eglath, an unknown city (compare Isaiah 15:5)

Jeremiah 49

a 49:1 Hebrew Malcam, literally their king, a god of the Ammonites; also called Molech (compare verse 3)

b 49:10 Compare Obadiah 5, 6

c 49:16 Compare Obadiah 3, 4

d 49:19 Or thicket

e 49:27 Compare Amos 1:4

Jeremiah 50

a 50:2 A Babylonian god; sometimes spelled Marduk

b 50:9 Following some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, and Syriac; Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate read a warrior who makes childless.

c 50:29 Qere, some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, and Targum add to her.

d 50:31 Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Septuagint and Vulgate read The time of your punishment.

e 50:38 Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Syriac reads sword; Septuagint omits A drought is.

f 50:44 Or thicket

Jeremiah 51

a 51:1 A code word for Chaldea (Babylonia); may be translated The Midst of Those Who Rise Up Against Me

b 51:16 Psalm 135:7

c 51:41 A code word for Babylon (compare Jeremiah 25:26)

Jeremiah 52

a 52:7 Or the Arabah, that is, the Jordan Valley

b 52:31 Or Awil-Marduk