Jer 25:29 | NETfull | 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 who rules over all, affirm it!’

Jeremiah 25:29

29 For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. ^{▼▼ Heb “which is called by my name.” See translator’s note on 7:10 for support.} So how can you possibly avoid being punished? ^{▼▼ 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 who rules over all, ^{▼▼ Heb “Yahweh of armies.”} ^{▼▼ See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for explanation of this extended title.} affirm it!’ ^{▼▼ Heb “Oracle of Yahweh of armies.”}