Jer 16:14 | NET2full | STEP | “ Yet I, the Lord , say : ‘A new time will certainly come . People now affirm their oaths with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt .”

‏ Jeremiah 16:14

14 “Yet ^{▼▼tn The particle translated here as “Yet” (לָכֵן, lakhen) is regularly translated “So” or “Therefore” and introduces a consequence. However, in a few cases it introduces a contrasting set of conditions. Cf. Judg 11:8; Jer 48:12; 49:2; 51:52; Hos 2:14 (2:16 HT).} I, the Lord, say: ^{▼▼tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.” The Lord has been speaking; the first person has been utilized in translation to avoid a shift that might create confusion.} ‘A new time will certainly come. ^{▼▼tn Heb “Behold, the days are coming.”} People now affirm their oaths with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.”