Jeremiah 10


Jeremiah 10 is the tenth 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.

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language, except for verse 11 written entirely in Aramaic language. This chapter is divided into 25 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 9‑14, 23, 4QJerb with extant verses 1-5, 9, 11-21, and 4QJerc with extant verses 12‑13.
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. The Septuagint version doesn't contain parts what are generally known to be verses 6-8 and 10 in Christian Bibles.

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Jeremiah 10 is a part of the Fourth prophecy in the section of Prophecies of Destruction . : open parashah; : closed parashah.

Verse 9

This verse is repositioned within verse 4 in the Jerusalem Bible.

Verse 11

This verse is written in Aramaic or Chaldean, the language which was commonly spoken in Babylonia in 6th century BC; other verses in the Book of Jeremiah are written in Hebrew language. Biblical scholars Michael Coogan et al. state that it is "a gloss in Aramaic". It is shown as a textual insert by the New International and New King James versions.

Verse 11 in Aramaic and Hebrew

Original text
Transliteration of the Aramaic text
Hebrew translation for comparison:
Transliteration of the Hebrew text

Verse 13

Cross reference:
Jeremiah reminded the people that God has control of nature and their ongoing life.

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