10 Jeremiah 21-36: A Translationyes, a whirling tempest
Upon the head of the wicked it whirls(^20) the anger of Yahweh does not turn back
until it does and until it fulfills
the purposes of his heart
In the days afterward
you will consider the meaning in this.
(^21) 1 did not send the prophets
yet they, they ran
I did not speak to them
yet they, they prophesied
(^22) Now if they had stood in my council
and caused my people to hear my words
Then they would have turned them from their evil way
and from the evil of their doings.
- Am I a God Nearby and Not a God Far Off? (23:23-24)
23 23 Am I a God nearby
-oracle ofYahweh-
and not a God far off?(^24) If a person hides himself in secret places
do I myself not see him?
-oracle of Yahweh.
The heavens and the earth
do I not fill?
-oracle of Yahweh.
- Speaking of Dreams ... (23:25-32)
23 25 1 have heard what the prophets say who are prophesying a lie in my name:
'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'^26 How long will there be in the mind of the
prophets prophesying the lie-yes, prophets of their deceitful mind,^27 those
who plan to make my people forget my name with their dreams, which they re-
count each person to his fellow, as their fathers forgot my name through Baal?
(^28) The prophet who has with him a dream, let him recount his dream; and the
one who has my word with him, let him speak my word faithfully.
What is the grain to the straw?
-oracle of Yahweh.