Chaldea shall be plundered; all who plunder her shall be sated: For Chaldea see verse 1 and 21.4. This part of the verse is more literally “And Chaldea will be in plunder, all those plundering her will have all they want.” See Good News Translation for a model.

Says the LORD: See 1.8.

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 .