Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 5:11 tn Heb “the house of Israel and the house of Judah.”
2. Jeremiah 5:12 tn Heb “have denied the Lord.” The words “What…says” are implicit in what follows.
3. Jeremiah 5:12 tn Or “he will do nothing”; Heb “Not he [or it]!”
4. Jeremiah 5:12 tn Heb “we will not see the sword and famine.”
5. Jeremiah 5:13 tn Heb “will be wind.”sn There is a wordplay on the Hebrew word translated “wind” (רוּחַ, ruakh) which also means “spirit.” The prophets spoke by inspiration of the Spirit of the Lord (cf., e.g., 2 Chr 20:14); hence the prophet was sometimes called “the man of the spirit” (cf. Hos 9:7). The people were claiming that the prophets were speaking lies and hence were full of wind, not the Spirit.
6. Jeremiah 5:13 tc Heb “the word is not in them.” The MT has a highly unusual form here, the Piel perfect with the definite article (הַדִּבֵּר, haddibber). It is undoubtedly best to read with the LXX (Greek version) and one Hebrew ms the article on the noun (הַדָּבָר, haddavar).