Jeremiah 40:10
New English Translation
10 I for my part will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians[a] whenever they come to us. You for your part go ahead and harvest the wine, the dates, the figs,[b] and the olive oil, and store them in jars. Go ahead and settle down in the towns that you have taken over.”[c]
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- Jeremiah 40:10 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
- Jeremiah 40:10 tn Heb “summer fruit.” “Summer fruit” is meaningless to most modern readers; dates and figs are what is involved.
- Jeremiah 40:10 tn This plus “Things will go well with you” is in essence the substance of the oath. The pronouns are emphatic: “And I, behold I will stay…and you, you may gather.” The imperatives in the second half of the verse are more a form of permission than of command or advice (cf. NJPS, REB, TEV and compare the usage in 40:4 and the references in the translator’s note there).
Jeremiah 40:10
New International Version
10 I myself will stay at Mizpah(A) to represent you before the Babylonians who come to us, but you are to harvest the wine,(B) summer fruit and olive oil, and put them in your storage jars,(C) and live in the towns you have taken over.”(D)
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