Because of the repetition in verse 13 (You will … find me) and verse 14 (“I will be found by you”), Bible en français courant and Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch place the two verses together (see verse 14). However, one minor problem with this is that in so doing they do not take into account the type of parallelism discussed in the Introduction, in which the second part of the parallelism adds to or extends the first part. Here the second expression does add something to the first. In verse 13 the LORD tells the people that if they turn to him, they will find him. In fact, he goes on to say, if they look for him wholeheartedly, he will himself take action and make it possible for them to find him (verse 14). Most translators prefer this interpretation, and have something such as “You will look for me, and you will find me. When you look for me wholeheartedly, 14 [then] I will let you find me.”

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 .