1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 sn See the study note on 2:19 for an explanation of this title. 19 20 21 22 23 24 sn This is essentially the introduction to the “judgment on the nations” in vv. 15-29 which begins with Jerusalem and Judah (v. 18) and ultimately ends with Babylon itself (“Sheshach” in v. 26; see note there for explanation of the term). 25 26 sn Compare Jer 18:16 and 19:8 and the study note at 18:16. 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 sn Compare Isa 13:19-22 and Jer 50:39-40. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3. 59 60 61 sn See Jer 9:26 where these are mentioned in connection with Moab, Edom, and Ammon. 62 sn See further Jer 49:28-33 for judgment against some of these Arabian peoples. 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 sn See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for explanation of this extended title. 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 sn See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for explanation of this extended title. 79 80 81 82 sn For the metaphor of the 83 84 85 86 87 sn There is undoubtedly a deliberate allusion here to the reference to the “wars” (Heb “sword”) that the 88 89 sn See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for explanation of this extended title. 90 91 sn For the use of this word in a literal sense see Jonah 1:4. For its use to refer to the wrath of the 92 93 sn The term “shepherd” has been used several times in the book of Jeremiah to refer to the leaders of the people who were responsible for taking care of their people who are compared to a flock. (See Jer 23:1-4 and the notes there.) Here the figure has some irony involved in it. It is the shepherds who are to be slaughtered like sheep. They may have considered themselves “choice vessels” (the literal translation of “fine pottery”), but they would be slaughtered and lie scattered on the ground (v. 33) like broken pottery. 94 95 sn Judging from Gen 14:10 and Judg 8:12 (among many others), it was not uncommon for the leaders to try to save their own necks at the expense of their soldiers. 96 sn Jer 25:36-38 shifts to the future as though the action were already accomplished or going on. It is the sound that Jeremiah hears in his “prophetic ears” of something that has begun (v. 29) but will find its culmination in the future (vv. 13, 16, 27, 30-35). 97 98 99 sn The text returns to the metaphor alluded to in v. 30. The bracketing of speeches with repeated words or motifs is a common rhetorical device in ancient literature. 100 101 sn The connection between “war” (Heb “the sword”) and the wrath or anger of the