Jeremiah 50:8-10

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Jeremiah 50:8 tn The words “People of Judah” are not in the Hebrew text but are implicit from the context. They have been supplied in the translation to clarify the subject of the address.
2. Jeremiah 50:8 tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
3. Jeremiah 50:8 tn The words “Be the first to leave” are not in the text but spell out the significance of the simile that follows. They have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
4. Jeremiah 50:9 sn Some of these are named in Jer 51:27-28.
5. Jeremiah 50:9 tn Heb “She will be captured from there (i.e., from the north).”
6. Jeremiah 50:9 tc Read Heb מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil), with a number of Hebrew mss and some of the versions, in place of מַשְׁכִּיל (mashkil, “one who kills children”), with the majority of Hebrew mss and some of the versions. See BHS note d for the details.
7. Jeremiah 50:9 tn Or more freely, “Their arrows will be as successful at hitting their mark // as a skilled soldier—he always returns from battle with plunder.”sn That is, none of the arrows misses its mark.
8. Jeremiah 50:10 tn Heb “The land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
9. Jeremiah 50:10 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”