Jer 38:1 | NET2full | STEP | Now Shephatiah son of Mattan , Gedaliah son of Pashhur , Jehucal son of Shelemiah , and Pashhur son of Malkijah had heard the things that Jeremiah had been telling the people . They had heard him say ,

Jeremiah 38:1

Jeremiah Is Charged with Treason and Put in a Cistern to Die

1 Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal ^{▼▼tn The name is spelled “Jucal” in the Hebrew text here rather than “Jehucal” as in Jer 37:3. The translation uses the same spelling throughout so that the English reader can identify these as the same individual.} ^{▼▼sn Jehucal was a member of the delegation sent to Jeremiah by Zedekiah in Jer 37:3.} son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur ^{▼▼sn Pashhur was a member of the delegation sent to Jeremiah in 21:2. For the relative sequence of these two delegations, see the study note on 21:1.} son of Malkijah had heard ^{▼▼tn J. Bright (Jeremiah [AB], 226, 30) is probably correct in translating the verbs here as pluperfects and explaining that these words are prophecies Jeremiah uttered before his arrest, not prophecies of his delivered to the people by intermediaries he sent while confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse. For the use of the vav consecutive + imperfect to denote the pluperfect, see the discussion and examples in IBHS 552-53 §33.2.3a and see the usage in Exod 4:19. The words that are cited in v. 2 are those recorded in 21:9 on the occasion of the first delegation, and those in v. 3 are those recorded in 21:10; 34:2; 37:8; 32:28, all except the last delivered before Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse.} the things that Jeremiah had been telling the people. They had heard him say,