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1005 B
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Jeremiah 50 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in 50:1-5, 6-46.
Special concepts in this chapter
Babylon destroyed
Babylon will be conquered and the Jews will return to their homeland. At this time, Babylon controlled almost the entire Near East. The fulfillment of this prophecy would have been unthinkable. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fulfill and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet)
Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
Israel
The author sometimes uses the term "Israel" to refer to the people of the old northern kingdom of Israel, and at other times to the nation of Israel as a whole. He switches between these uses several times without warning the reader. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)