All the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah: If “all the people” in verse 13 are clearly marked as Ishmael’s prisoners, then this clause may either be entirely omitted or at least reduced to a pronoun “they.” In fact, the whole verse in Good News Translation is rendered “and turned and ran to them.” Other translators, however, say “So all the people Ishmael had led away as prisoners from Mizpah turned around and went to join Johanan.”

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 .