Jer 16:14 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ The particle translated here “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. Compare its use in Judg 11:8; Jer 48:12; 49:2; 51:52; and Hos 2:14 (2:16 HT).} I, the Lord, say: ^{▼▼ Heb “Oracle of the Lord.” The Lord has been speaking; the first person has been utilized in translation to avoid a shift which might create confusion.} “A new time will certainly come. ^{▼▼ 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.’