After many days is an indefinite period of time: “Some time later” (Good News Translation); “After a long time” (New English Bible); “A long time later” (New Jerusalem Bible).

Arise: See 1.17.

The Euphrates: Translators should deal with this in the same way as in verse 5.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Jeremiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2003. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .