Jeremiah 10

Jeremiah 10 is the tenth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.

Jeremiah 10
A high resolution scan of the Aleppo Codex showing the Book of Jeremiah (the sixth book in Nevi'im).
BookBook of Jeremiah
Hebrew Bible partNevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part6
CategoryLatter Prophets
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part24

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language, except for verse 11 written entirely in Aramaic language. This chapter is divided into 25 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).[1] Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJera (4Q70; 225-175 BCE[2][3]) with extant verses 9‑14, 23,[4] 4QJerb (4Q71; mid 2nd century BCE[5]) with extant verses 1-5, 9, 11-21,[6] and 4QJerc (4Q72; 1st century BC)[7] with extant verses 12‑13 (similar to Masoretic Text).[8][6][9]

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).[10] The Septuagint version doesn't contain parts what are generally known to be verses 6-8 and 10 in Christian Bibles.[11]

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[12] Jeremiah 10 is a part of the Fourth prophecy (Jeremiah 7-10) in the section of Prophecies of Destruction (Jeremiah 1-25). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.

{P} 10:1-5 {P} 10:6-10 {P} 10:11 {S} 10:12-16 {S} 10:17 {S} 10:18 {S} 10:19-21 {P} 10:22 {S} 10:23-25 {P}

Verse 9
Silver is beaten into plates;
It is brought from Tarshish,
and gold from Uphaz,
The work of the craftsman
and of the hands of the metalsmith;
Blue and purple are their clothing;
They are all the work of skillful men.[13]

This verse is repositioned within verse 4 in the Jerusalem Bible.[14]

Verse 11
Thus you shall say to them: "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens."[15]

This verse is written in Aramaic or Chaldean, the language which was commonly spoken in Babylonia in 6th century BC; other verses in the Book of Jeremiah are written in Hebrew language. Biblical scholars Michael Coogan et al. state that it is "a gloss in Aramaic".[16] It is shown as a textual insert by the New International and New King James versions.[17]

Verse 11 in Aramaic and Hebrew

Original text (Aramaic)

כִּדְנָה תֵּאמְרוּן לְהוֹם אֱלָהַיָּא דִּי־שְׁמַיָּא וְאַרְקָא לָא עֲבַדוּ יֵאבַדוּ מֵאַרְעָא וּמִן־תְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָּא אֵלֶּה׃ ס

Transliteration of the Aramaic text

kidna temerun lehon; elahaiya di-shemaiya ve'arka la avadu, yevadu me'ar'a umin-tekhot shemaiya eleh. (s)

Hebrew translation for comparison:

כֹּה תֹּאמְרוּ לָהֶם הָאֱלֹהִים אֳשֶּׁר שָׁמַיִּם וָאָרֶץ לֹא עָשׂוּ יֹאבְדוּ מִן הָאָרֶץ וּמִן תַחַת שָׁמַיִּם אֵלֶּה

Transliteration of the Hebrew text

ko tomeru lahem; ha'elohim asher shamayim va'arets lo assu, yovedu min ha'arets umin takhat shamayim eleh.

Verse 13
When He utters His voice,
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
"And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
He brings the wind out of His treasuries."[18]

Cross reference: Psalm 135:7 Jeremiah reminded the people that God has control of nature and their ongoing life.

See also

References
  1. Würthwein 1995, pp. 35-37.
  2. Cross, F.M. apud Freedman, D.N.; Mathews, K.A. (1985). The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll (11QpaleoLev). Winona Lake, Indiana. p. 55
  3. Sweeney, Marvin A. (2010). Form and Intertextuality in Prophetic and Apocalyptic Literature. Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 45 (reprint ed.). Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 66. ISBN 9781608994182. ISSN 0940-4155.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Fitzmyer, Joseph A. (2008). A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 37. ISBN 9780802862419. Retrieved February 15, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. Sweeney 2010, p. 66.
  6. Fitzmyer 2008, p. 38.
  7. "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
  8. Tov, Emanuel (1989). "THE JEREMIAH SCROLLS FROM QUMRAN". Revue de Qumrân. Editions Gabalda. 14 (2 (54)): 189–206. ISSN 0035-1725. JSTOR 24608791.
  9. Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill. pp. 562–564. ISBN 9789004181830. Retrieved May 15, 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  10. Würthwein 1995, pp. 73-74.
  11. "Table of Order of Jeremiah in Hebrew and Septuagint". www.ccel.org.
  12. As implemented in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
  13. Jeremiah 10:9 NKJV
  14. Jerusalem Bible (1966), verses 4a, 9, 4b
  15. Jeremiah 10:11 NKJV
  16. The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. p. 1094-1095 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
  17. Jeremiah 10:11: NIV
  18. Jeremiah 10:13 NKJV

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