Although Revised Standard Version continues the sentence begun in verse 21, many languages will require that it be broken into smaller units.

Fathers; that is, “ancestors.” See 2.5.

A land flowing with milk and honey: See 11.5.

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 .