4 II. Chron. xxxvi. 21 (with a reference to Lev. xxvi. 34, 35) and 22,
23, the latter repeated in Ezra i. 1-2. Duhm, indeed, but on
insufficient grounds, thinks the former citation, because of its
reference to Leviticus, cannot be from our Book of Jeremiah but is
from a Midrash unknown to us; yet the chronicler’s was the very
spirit to associate a Levitical provision with Jer. xxix. 10; cp.
xxv. 9-12. The other quotation Duhm refers to some part of Is. xl.
ff. (xliv. 28?) as though this had at one time been attributed to
Jeremiah.
5 In the Apocrypha proper, (1) “Baruch” to which is attached (2) “The
Epistle of Jeremy” warning the Jews of Babylon in general and
conventional terms against idolatry. Apocalyptic writings, (3)
“Apocalypse of Baruch,” (4) (5) and (6) three other “Apocalypses of
Baruch,” (7) “The Rest of the Words of Baruch,” or “Paralipomena
Jeremiæ,” (8) “Prophecy of Jeremiah.” For particulars of these see
“Encyclopædia Biblica,” arts. “Apocalyptic Literature” (R. H.
Charles), and “Apocrypha” (M. R. James).
6 Following Hitzig, C. J. Ball (“The Prophecies of Jeremiah” in “The
Expositor’s Bible,” 1890, pp. 10 ff.) refers Pss. xxiii, xxvi-xxviii
to Jeremiah, and it is possible that in particular the personal
experiences in Ps. xxvii are reflections of those of the prophet.
But such experiences were so common in the history of the prophets
and saints of Israel as to render the reference precarious.
7 It has been calculated that the Greek has 2700 words fewer than the
Hebrew, i.e. about 120 verses or from four to five average chapters.
8 E.g. ii. 19, 29; iii. 1; v. 4_a_; viii. 16, 21; xxxii. 12, etc.
_ 9 nĕ’um Yahweh: utterance_ or _oracle_ of _Jehovah_.
10 E.g. the words _at his mouth_, xxxvi. 17; xxxviii. 16.
11 E.g. _Jerusalem_ in viii. 5, and in xxxvi. 22 _the ninth month_.
12 E.g. ii. 1-2; xxv. 1_b_; xxvii. 1; xlvii. 1; l. 1.
13 E.g. viii. 10_ab_-12; x. 6-8; xi. 7, 8; xvii. 1-4 (perhaps omitted
by the Greek, because partly given already in xv. 13, 14); xxv. 18
_and a curse as at this day_; xxvii. 1, 7, 12_b_, 13, 14_a_, 17,
18_b_, clauses in 19, 20, the whole of 21, and 22_b_; xxix. 14,
16-20; xxx. 10, 11 (= xlvi. 27 f.), 15_a_, 22; xxxiii. 14-26; xxxix.
4-13; xvi. 26; xlvii. 1 (except _to the Philistines_); xlviii.
45-47; lii. 28-30.
14 E.g. i. 10, 17, 18; ii. 17, 19; vii. 28_b_; xii. 3; xiv. 4, etc.
15 Verse 14 is not found in the Greek.
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