Jeremiah 12:6
6 As a matter of fact, ▼
▼tn This is an attempt to give some contextual sense to the particle “for, indeed” (כִּי, ki).
▼▼sn If the truth be known, Jeremiah was not safe even in the context of his own family. They were apparently part of the plot by the people of Anathoth to kill him.
even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you as well.
Even they have plotted to do away with you. ▼
▼tn Heb “they have called after you fully”; or “have lifted up loud voices against you.” The word “against” does not seem quite adequate for the preposition “after.” The preposition “against” would be Hebrew עַל (ʿal). The idea appears to be that they are chasing after him, raising their voices, along with those of the conspirators, to have him killed.
So do not trust them even when they say kind things ▼ to you.
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