Jeremiah 27:1 holds what appears to be a copyist error, and this shows up in translator decisions to either retain it or "fix" it. We show the translations.
Jehoiakim or Zedekiah?
Tag: Jeremiah
Do NOT Pray for Them. I Ain’t Listening.
We note the three occasions in Jeremiah where God demands that the prophet NOT pray for the unGodly Judeans.
Jeremiah’s Lamentation’s Greek Verse One
The book of Jeremiah is followed by its sequel, Lamentations. Lamentations has a curious one-line introductory preface in the Greek Septuagint. It also carries alphabetic acrostics in the original Hebrew, and the creators of the Greek Septuagint had a clever way of dealing with this.
Hey Bro! You Been Messin’ Up! And Your Wife Too!
We poke fun of Jeremiah chastising the Jewish wives who have fled to Egypt. Jeremiah 44. Some Jews rely on the Egyptians, not the true God. Jeremiah isn't having it.
