^43:10Then tell them,¹⁶ ‘The Lord God of Israel who rules over all¹⁷ says, “I will bring¹⁸ my servant¹⁹ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones which I²⁰ have buried. He will pitch his royal tent²¹ over them.

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Footnotes

16 This is another of those symbolic prophecies of Jeremiah which involved an action and an explanation. Compare Jer 19, 27.
17 Heb “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel.” Compare 7:3 and see the study note on for explanation of the translation and significance of this title.
18 Heb “send and take/fetch.”
19 See the study note on for the use of this epithet for foreign rulers. The term emphasizes God’s sovereignty over history.
20 The Greek version reads the verbs in this sentence as third person, “he will set,” and second person, “you have buried.” This fits the context better but it is difficult to explain how the Hebrew could have arisen from this smoother reading. The figure of substitution (metonymy of cause for effect) is probably involved: “I will have him set” and “I have had you bury.” The effect of these substitutions is to emphasize the sovereignty of God.
21 The meaning of this word is uncertain. The word here (שַׁפְרִירוֹ [shafriro] Qere, שַׁפְרוּרוֹ [shafruro] Kethib) occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible. According to the lexicons it refers to either the carpet for his throne or the canopy over it. See, e.g., שַׁפְרִיר.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden, and he will spread his royal canopy over them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones I have buried here; he will spread his royal canopy above them.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will place his throne on these stones that I have embedded, and he will pitch his pavilion over them.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then say to the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will certainly bring my servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, here to Egypt. I will set his throne over these stones that I have hidden. He will spread his royal canopy over them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “Look, I am going to send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne above these stones that I have hidden. And he will spread out his canopy over them.

KJV 1900King James Version

And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

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