Jeremiah 29:30

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,

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יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ

Yirmᵉyâh

H3414

“Jeremiah”

Noun, Proper

Appears 147× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 2 Kings 23:31

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7311 and H3050

TWOT: None

Jeremiah = "whom Jehovah has appointed" - the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name - a man of Libnah and father of Hamutal the wife of king Josiah - a Gadite who joined David at Ziklag - a Manassehite, one of the mighty men of valour of the Transjordanic half tribe of Manasseh - a Gadite and warrior of David - a warrior of David - a priest who joined Nehemiah in the covenant ceremony - a priest also in the time of Nehemiah; maybe same as 7 - father of Jaazaniah the Rechabites

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

6: words
6: distinct lemmas
Prophets: section

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
3 nouns
1 preposition

Verb forms

וַֽיְהִי֙ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
לֵאמֹֽר Qal · Infinitive Construct

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

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Hebrew Jeremiah 29:30 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר

Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Structure differs

In the Septuagint, Jeremiah is about an eighth shorter than the Hebrew and arranges its material differently — the Oracles Against the Nations (Hebrew chapters 46–51) appear in the middle of the Greek book, after 25:13. Because the chapter and verse boundaries do not line up, a verse-for-verse comparison with the Hebrew is not shown.

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Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

וַהֲוָה פִּתְגַם נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ עִם יִרְמְיָה לְמֵימָר:

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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Jeremiah 29:30 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Jer 29:30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

Ver. 30. Then came the word of the Lord.] Or, Therefore came, &c. In the five former verses we had narrationem causae, an account of the reasons Shemaiah’s crime; in these three last, we have dictionem sententiae, the prediction of the sentence Shemaiah’s doom.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

29:30-32 Since Shemaiah had no commission from the Lord, he was a liar; he tried to persuade the exiles to believe in a brief exile. With a threefold invocation of the Lord’s authority (see study note on 2:2), Shemaiah was charged, convicted, and sentenced to execution.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

This resumes the thread of the sentence which began at Jer 29:25, but was left there not completed. Here, in this thirtieth verse, it is completed, not however in continuity, but by a new period. The same construction occurs in Rom 5:12-15.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

John Gill's Exposition

When came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah,.... After he had heard the letter read:

saying; as follows:

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 30-32. Then came the word of the Lord, etc. A fresh introduction of the Divine oracle was rendered necessary by the long description of Zephaniah"s letters. The reason for Shemaiah"s punishment, however, is stated here a little differently. Of course, it was equally contrary to the will of God to deliver a false prophecy and to stir up persecution against his true prophet. Taught rebellion. (see on Jer_28:16)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, "Send

This idiom is used to introduce a special message from God. See how you translated a similar phrase in Jeremiah 1:4. AT: "Yahweh gave a message to Jeremiah. He said, 'Send" or "Yahweh spoke this message to Jeremiah: 'Send" (See: Idiom)

Shemaiah the Nehelamite

See how you translated this man's name in Jeremiah 29:24.

the good

This can be translated as a noun phrase. AT: "the good things" (See: Nominal Adjectives)

this is Yahweh's declaration

Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 1:8. AT: "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)

he has proclaimed rebellion against Yahweh

It is not clear why Yahweh speaks of himself by name. AT: "he has urged people to rebel against me" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)

translationWords

believe

punish

descend

people of God

preach

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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Jeremiah, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 6 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Yirmᵉyâh (“Jeremiah”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word Yirmᵉyâh carries the sense “Jeremiah.” How does it shape the verse?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
«וַֽיְהִי֙» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 2 words in this verse.
6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.