Jeremiah 17

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Jeremiah 17
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Order in the Hebrew part6
CategoryLatter Prophets
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Jeremiah 17 is the seventeenth

Confessions of Jeremiah" (Jeremiah 17:14–18).[1]

Text

The original text of this chapter is written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 27 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[2] Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJera (4Q70; 225-175 BCE[3][4]) with extant verses 8‑26.[5][6]

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint (with a different verse numbering), made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[7]

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[8] Jeremiah 17 is a part of the Sixth prophecy (Jeremiah 14-17) in the section of Prophecies of Destruction (Jeremiah 1-25). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.

{S} 17:1-4 {S} 17:5-6 {S} 17:7-10 {S} 17:11-13 {P} 17:14-18 {S} 17:19-27 {P}

The sin and punishment of Judah (17:1–11)

Verses 1-4 are not found in the Septuagint.[9][10]

Verse 1

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron,
and with the point of a diamond:
it is graven upon the table of their heart,
and upon the horns of your altars;[11]

Similarly, in Job 19:23–24:

Oh, that my words were written … with an iron pen.

The image of "sin written with an iron pen" is used by

occupation of lands conquered in the 1967 war, and the resulting oppression of the Palestinian people.[12]

Verse 8

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.[13]

See also

  • Related Bible parts: Psalm 1, Psalm 92, Proverbs 3, Jeremiah 14, Jeremiah 15
  • References

    1. ^ Diamond, A. R. (1987), The Confessions of Jeremiah in Context, JSOTSup 45, Sheffield
    2. ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
    3. ^ Cross, F.M. apud Freedman, D.N.; Mathews, K.A. (1985). The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll (11QpaleoLev). Winona Lake, Indiana. p. 55
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    5. . Retrieved February 15, 2019.
    6. . Retrieved May 15, 2017.
    7. ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
    8. ^ As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
    9. ^ "Swete's Septuagint: Jeremiah 17".
    10. ^ "Table of Order of Jeremiah in Hebrew and Septuagint". www.ccel.org.
    11. ^ Jeremiah 17:1 KJV
    12. ^ With an Iron Pen: Twenty Years of Hebrew Protest Poetry, edited by Tal Nitzán and Rachel Tzvia Back, 2009
    13. ^ Jeremiah 17:8 NKJV
    14. ^ Notes on Jeremiah 17:8 in NKJV.

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