Jeremiah 21
Jeremiah 21 | |
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Book | Book of Jeremiah |
Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
Order in the Hebrew part | 6 |
Category | Latter Prophets |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 24 |
Jeremiah 21 is the twenty-first
Text
The original text of this chapter was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 14 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 the extant verse 1,[5] and 4QJerc (4Q72; 1st century BC)[6] with extant verses 7‑10 (similar to Masoretic Text).[7][8][9]
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, 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).[10]
Parashot
The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[11] Jeremiah 21 is a part of the Eighth prophecy (Jeremiah 21-24) in the section of Prophecies of Destruction (Jeremiah 1-25). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.
- {P} 21:1-3 {S} 21:1-3 {S} 21:4-10 {S} 21:11-14 [22:1-5 {P}]
Verse 1
- The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest:[12]
Biblical commentator F. B. Huey notes that some scholars regard a later passage, Jeremiah 37:3–10, as a "background for Jeremiah 21:1-7".[13]
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Verse 9
- He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.[18]
Huey, and others as well, notes that the wording of this verse is similar to
Verse 13
- "Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,
- And rock of the plain."[18]
The Jerusalem Bible suggests that this announcement is "probably addressed to the inhabitants of the royal palace built on Ophel which looks down on the valley ('plain') of the Kidron.[21]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Huey 1993, p. 198-202.
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
- ^ Cross, F.M. apud Freedman, D.N.; Mathews, K.A. (1985). The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll (11QpaleoLev). Winona Lake, Indiana. p. 55
- ISSN 0940-4155.
- ISBN 9780802862419. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- ^ "The Evolution of a Theory of the Local Texts" in Cross, F.M.; Talmon, S. (eds) (1975) Qumran and the History of Biblical Text (Cambridge, MA - London). p.308 n. 8
- JSTOR 24608791.
- ^ Fitzmyer 2008, p. 38.
- ISBN 9789004181830. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
- ^ As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
- ^ Jeremiah 21:1 NKJV
- ^ Huey 1993, p. 198.
- ^ Jeremiah 21:1 KJV
- ^ Ryle 2009.
- ^ Coogan 2007, pp. 1111-1112 Hebrew Bible.
- ^ Huey 1993, p. 199.
- ^ a b Jeremiah 21:9 NKJV
- ^ Note [b] in New King James Version on Jeremiah 38:2
- ^ Huey 1993, p. 333.
- ^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote d at Jeremiah 21:13
Sources
- ISBN 9780195288810.
- Huey, F. B. (1993). The New American Commentary - Jeremiah, Lamentations: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture, NIV Text. B&H Publishing Group. ISBN 9780805401165.
- Ryle, Herbert Edward (2009). The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Paperback. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 9781117708690.
- Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-0788-5. Retrieved January 26, 2019.