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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Jeremiah 3:7
  • Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:46:39 +0300

Dear Skeptic Dude,

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Yigal Levin

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----- Original Message ----- From: "skeptic dude" <skepticdude AT hotmail.com>
To: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>; <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 10:40 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Jeremiah 3:7




Is God admitting to making a false prediction in Jeremiah 3:7?

The more scholarly/formally dynamic translations render this verse as:

NAS Jeremiah 3:7 "And I thought, 'After she has done all these things, she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

NAU Jeremiah 3:7 "I thought, 'After she has done all these things she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

NRS Jeremiah 3:7 And I thought, "After she has done all this she will return to me"; but she did not return, and her false sister Judah saw it.

RSV Jeremiah 3:7 And I thought, `After she has done all this she will return to me'; but she did not return, and her false sister Judah saw it.

NJB Jeremiah 3:7 I thought, "After doing all this she will come back to me." But she did not come back. Her faithless sister Judah saw this.

However, other translations hide the sense of prediction/optimism about the future:

Jeremiah 3:7 7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

NKJ Jeremiah 3:7 "And I said, after she had done all these things, 'Return to Me.' But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

LXE Jeremiah 3:7 And I said after she had committed all these acts of fornication, Turn again to me. Yet she returned not. And faithless Juda saw her faithlessness.

What is the correct sense of the Hebrew? Did God make a prediction (i.e., she will return to me), or just a command (i.e, return to me)?


I don't read Hebrew, so I appreciate any comments from those that do,

Thanks.

dave
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