Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 7:7 tn The translation uses imperatives in vv. 5-6 followed by the phrase “If you do all this” to avoid the long and complex sentence structure of the Hebrew sentence, which has a series of conditional clauses in vv. 5-6 followed by a main clause in v. 7.
2. Jeremiah 7:7 tn Heb “live in this place, in this land.”
3. Jeremiah 7:7 tn Heb “gave to your fathers [with reference to] from ancient times even unto forever.”
4. Jeremiah 7:8 tn Heb “Behold!”
5. Jeremiah 7:8 tn Heb “You are trusting in lying words.” See the similar phrase in v. 4 and the note there.
6. Jeremiah 7:8 tn Heb “not profit [you].”
7. Jeremiah 7:9 tn Heb “Will you steal…then say, ‘We are safe’?” Verses 9-10 are one long sentence in the Hebrew text.
8. Jeremiah 7:9 tn Heb “You go/follow after.” See the translator’s note at 2:5 for an explanation of the idiom involved here.