Jeremiah 33:12-13
New English Translation
12 “I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, say:[a] ‘This place will indeed lie in ruins. There will be no people or animals in it. But there will again be in it and in its towns sheepfolds where shepherds can rest their sheep. 13 I, the Lord, say that shepherds will once again count their sheep as they pass into the fold.[b] They will do this in all the towns in the hill country, the foothills,[c] the Negev,[d] the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, and the towns of Judah.’[e]
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- Jeremiah 33:12 tn Heb “Thus says Yahweh of Armies.” For the explanation for the first person introduction see the translator’s notes on 33:2, 10. Verses 4, 10, and 12 introduce three oracles, all fulfilling the Lord’s promise to Jeremiah to show him “great and mysterious things that you still do not know about” (33:2).
- Jeremiah 33:13 sn Heb “Sheep will again pass under the hands of the counter.” This appears to be a reference to counting the sheep to make sure that none was missing as they returned to the fold. See the same idiom in Lev 27:32 and in the metaphor in Ezek 20:37.
- Jeremiah 33:13 tn The foothills (שְׁפֵלָה, shephelah) are the transition region between the hill country and the coastal plains.
- Jeremiah 33:13 sn The Negev is the area of central, southern Judah, south of the hill country and Beer Sheba and west of the rift valley.
- Jeremiah 33:13 sn Cf. Jer 32:44.
Jeremiah 33:12-13
International Standard Version
12 “This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: ‘In this place that is now a ruin without people or animals, and in all its towns there will again be pasture for shepherds resting their flocks. 13 In the towns of the hill country, in the towns of the Shephelah,[a] in the towns of the Negev,[b] in the territory of Benjamin, in the areas around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them,’ says the Lord.”
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- Jeremiah 33:13 I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
- Jeremiah 33:13 I.e. southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
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