{"id":3827,"verse_id":"JER.4.17","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"JER","chapter":4,"verse":17,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"4.17","text":"There is some irony involved in the choice of the simile since the men guarding a field were there to keep thieves from getting in and stealing the crops. Here the besiegers are guarding the city to keep people from getting out.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Jeremiah%204%3A17/2"} {"id":3828,"verse_id":"JER.4.28","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"JER","chapter":4,"verse":28,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"4.28","text":"The earth and the heavens are personified here and depicted in the act of mourning and wearing black clothes because of the destruction of the land of Israel.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Jeremiah%204%3A28/1"} {"id":3829,"verse_id":"JER.4.31","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"JER","chapter":4,"verse":31,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"4.31","text":"Jerusalem is personified as a helpless maiden.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Jeremiah%204%3A31/2"}