Jeremiah 6:9-12
World English Bible
9 Yahweh of Armies says, “They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like a vine. Turn again your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets.”
10 To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, Yahweh’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it. 11 Therefore I am full of Yahweh’s wrath. I am weary with holding it in.
“Pour it out on the children in the street,
and on the assembly of young men together;
for even the husband with the wife will be taken,
the aged with him who is full of days.
12 Their houses will be turned to others,
their fields and their wives together;
for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, says Yahweh.”
Jeremiah 6:9-12
New English Translation
9 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies[a] said to me:[b]
“Those who remain in Israel will be
like the grapes thoroughly gleaned[c] from a vine.
So go over them again, as though you were a grape harvester
passing your hand over the branches one last time.”[d]
10 I answered,[e]
“Who would listen
if I spoke to them and warned them?[f]
Their ears are so closed[g]
that they cannot hear!
Indeed,[h] the Lord’s message is offensive to them.
They do not like it at all.[i]
11 I am as full of anger as you are, Lord,[j]
I am tired of trying to hold it in.”
The Lord answered,[k]
“Vent it, then,[l] on the children who play in the street
and on the young men who are gathered together.
Husbands and wives are to be included,[m]
as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.
12 Their houses will be turned over to others
as will their fields and their wives.
For I will unleash my power[n]
against those who live in this land,”
says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:9 tn Heb “Yahweh of Armies.”sn For an explanation of the significance of this title see the study note on 2:19.
- Jeremiah 6:9 tn The words “to me” are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Jeremiah 6:9 tn Heb “They will thoroughly glean those who are left in Israel like a vine.” That is, they will be carried off by judgment. It is not necessary to read the verb forms here the way some English versions and commentaries do: as two imperatives, or as an infinitive absolute followed by an imperative. “Glean” is an example of a third plural verb used impersonally and translated as a passive (cf. GKC 460 §144.g).
- Jeremiah 6:9 tn Heb “Pass your hand back over the branches like a grape harvester.” The translation is intended to clarify the metaphor that Jeremiah should try to rescue some from the coming destruction.
- Jeremiah 6:10 tn These words are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Jeremiah 6:10 tn Heb “To whom shall I speak and give warning that they may listen?”
- Jeremiah 6:10 tn Heb “are uncircumcised.”
- Jeremiah 6:10 tn Heb “Behold!”
- Jeremiah 6:10 tn Heb “They do not take pleasure in it.”
- Jeremiah 6:11 tn Heb “I am full of the wrath of the Lord.”
- Jeremiah 6:11 tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the words that follow. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Jeremiah 6:11 tn Heb “Pour it out.”
- Jeremiah 6:11 tn Heb “are to be captured.”
- Jeremiah 6:12 tn Heb “I will reach out my hand.” This figure involves both comparing God to a person (anthropomorphism) and substituting the hand for its actions or exertions (metonymy). A common use of “hand” is for the exertion of power or strength (cf. BDB 290 s.v. יָד 2 and 289-90 s.v. יָד 1.e(2); cf. Deut 34:12; Ps 78:42; Jer 16:21).
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