Jer 25:29 | NET2full | STEP | For take note , I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own . So how can you possibly avoid being punished ? You will not go unpunished . For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth . I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies , affirm it!’

‏ Jeremiah 25:29

29 For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. ^{▼▼tn Heb “which is called by my name.” See translator’s note on 7:10 for support.} So how can you possibly avoid being punished? ^{▼▼tn This is an example of a question without the formal introductory particle following a conjunctive vav introducing an opposition. (See Joüon 2:609 §161.a.) It is also an example of the use of the infinitive before the finite verb in a rhetorical question involving doubt or denial. (See Joüon 2:422-23 §123.f, and compare usage in Gen 37:8.)} You will not go unpunished. For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, ^{▼▼tn Heb “Yahweh of Armies.”} ^{▼▼sn See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for explanation of this extended title.} affirm it!’ ^{▼▼tn Heb “Oracle of Yahweh of Armies.”}