Thus says the LORD: See 2.2.

The LORD of hosts: See 2.19.

Whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Good News Translation shifts to a third person reference for the LORD with “whom he allowed Nebuchadnezzar to take away as prisoners….” Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch is similar: “whom he allowed to be taken away from Jerusalem to Babylonia.”

Bible en français courant renders the verse:

• Here is a message of the Lord of the universe, God of Israel, for those whom he deported from Jerusalem to Babylonia.

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 .