BIBLIOGRAPHY SUPPLEMENT JEREMIAH 21-36: A TRANSLATION
not be gathered, and they shall not be buried; for dung upon the surface of the
ground they shall be.
- Wail, 0 Shepherds, and Cry Out! (25:34-38)
25 34 Wail, 0 shepherds, and cry out
and roll about, 0 nobles of the flock
Because your days for slaughter are fulfilled
and you will be scattered
and you will fall like a vessel of great value
(^35) Flight shall vanish from the shepherds
escape from the nobles of the flock
(^36) The sound of a scream of the shepherds
and the wailing of the nobles of the flock
because Yahweh is devastating their pasturage
(^37) Yes, the peaceful pastures lie silent
before the burning anger of Yahweh
(^38) Like a young lion he left his lair
indeed their land became a desolation
Before the oppressive burning
before his burning anger.
C. The Cost of Prophetic Preaching (26:1-24)
- The Temple Oracles and Jeremiah's
Day in Court (26:1-19)
26 1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this
word came from Yahweh:^2 Thus said Yahweh: Stand in the courtyard of the
house of Yahweh, and you shall speak concerning all the cities of Judah who
come to worship in the house of Yahweh all the words that I command you to
speak to them. Do not hold back a word.^3 Perhaps they will listen and return
each person from his evil way and I will repent concerning the evil that I am
planning to do to them on account of their evil doings.^4 And you shall say to
them:
Thus said Yahweh:
If you do not listen to me to walk in my law that I have set before you,^5 to
listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I am sending to you,
constantly I am sending, although you have not listened,^6 then I will make
this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a swearword for all the na-
tions of the earth.
(^7) And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking
these words in the house of Yahweh.^8 And it happened as Jeremiah finished