Jeremiah 12
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Book of Jeremiah in Hebrew Bible, MS Sassoon 1053, images 283-315. | |
| Book | Book of Jeremiah |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 24 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Jeremiah 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets.[1][2]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 17 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)[3][4]
- 4QJera (4Q70): extant: verses 3‑7, 13‑17
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
NKJV groups this chapter into:
- Jeremiah 12:1-4 = Jeremiah’s Question
- Jeremiah 12:5-17 = The Lord Answers Jeremiah
Verse 1
- Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
- Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
- Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
- Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?[5]
- "Why does the way of the wicked prosper?": also a theme in Job 21; Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3.[6][7]
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Ulrich 2010, p. 564-565.
- ↑ Jeremiah 12:1
- ↑ 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. 1097-1098 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
- ↑ The Nelson Study Bible 1997, p. 1247-1248.
Bibliography
- Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
- The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999.
External links
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