Jer 11:4-5 | TNotes | STEP | 11:4 The Egyptians knew how to smelt iron, but the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt was also a metaphor for the Israelites’ slavery in that land from which the Lord had rescued them. God had also promised to be uniquely theirs if they would be uniquely his (Exod 6:7 ).

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‏ Jeremiah 11:4-5

11:4 ^a The Egyptians knew how to smelt iron, but the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt was also a metaphor for the Israelites’ slavery in that land from which the Lord had rescued them. God had also promised to be uniquely theirs if they would be uniquely his (Exod 6:7 ^b).
11:5 ^c The Lord wanted to give Israel prosperity and blessing. Milk implies cattle, sheep, and goats. Honey, the product of bees, implies the presence of many different flowering and fruit-bearing plants.

• The word Amen is a Hebrew word that can be translated may it be so. The NLT includes both the Hebrew word and its translation.