translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JER

label: NET study note

text: This is probably a case of deliberate ambiguity (double entendre). The adjective “foreigners” is used for both foreign people (so Jer 30:8; 51:51 ) and foreign gods (so Jer 2:25; 3:13 ). See also Jer 16:13 for the idea of having to serve other gods in the lands of exile.


text: The verbs are second plural here. Jeremiah, speaking for the Lord , addresses his people, calling on them to make the message further known.