Polyglot Bible: Jeremiah: Jeremiah 49

This is a parallel-text biblical reference document presenting passages from the Book of Jeremiah in three columns: the King James Version (with interleaved Strong's Concordance numbers), the Septuagint (ancient Greek translation), and the Hebrew Masoretic Text. The passages span Jeremiah 49 and 42, covering the "Oracles Against the Nations" — prophetic judgments delivered against Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, Hazor, and Elam — followed by the scene where Judean survivors ask Jeremiah to inquire of God whether they should flee to Egypt after the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem. The oracles share a recurring structure: accusation, announcement of military devastation, and occasional promise of eventual restoration. The Egypt passage is notably dramatic: the people solemnly pledge to obey whatever God commands, but God's answer — stay in the land or face sword and famine in Egypt — anticipates their disobedience, and Jeremiah accuses them of bad faith even before they act. The distinctive feature of this document is its scholarly apparatus: the KJV column's Strong's numbers allow readers to trace every word to its Hebrew or Aramaic root, while the parallel Greek and Hebrew columns enable direct comparison of how the ancient versions diverge, which is particularly significant for Jeremiah, a book where the LXX differs substantially from the Masoretic Text in ordering and content. It would be of primary interest to Bible translators, textual critics, seminarians, or serious students doing word studies and source-text comparison.

Polyglot Bible: Jeremiah: Jeremiah 49

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