Jeremiah 17
Jeremiah 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter includes the third of the passages known as the "Confessions of Jeremiah".
Text
The original text of this chapter is written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 27 verses.Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis. Some fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., 4QJera with extant verses 8‑26.There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus. Verses 1-4 are not found in the Septuagint.
Parashot
The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Jeremiah 17 is a part of the Sixth prophecy in the section of Prophecies of Destruction . : open parashah; : closed parashah.The sin and punishment of Judah (17:1–11)
Verse 1
Similarly, in :The image of "sin written with an iron pen" is used by Israeli poets Dvora Amir, Dahlia Falah and Liat Kap, criticising Israel's occupation of lands conquered in the 1967 war, and the resulting oppression of the Palestinian people.
Verses 5-8
Verses 5-8 contrast the prospects for a tree in a desert and a tree whose roots can reach water, and apply these images to curse one man and bless another. Verna Holyhead suggests that the tree by water has been carefully transplanted there, from the desert, in order that it can survive:- One who "trusts in the Lord" is described as a "fruitful, well-watered tree".
- "Fear" : in Qere and Targum read "see".