Jer 29:10

rosa

Dears,

Olof Jonson wrote in his book "Gentil Times", page 211, footnote 26:

"(Interistingly, the Danish NWT of 1985 has "for Babylon", and the new revised Swedish NWT of 2003, too, has now changed its earlier "in" to "for Babylon"!)"

I need the scans of Jer 29:10 avaiable at NWT versions quoted above.

thans,

rosa rad

drew sagan

I have it at home. I'll scan it later tonight for you if somebody doesn't get it up sooner.

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EDITED:

Sorry, I don't have this. I quickly read your post and thought you where asking for something differant (i.e. the old footnote NWT that has 'seventy years of Babylonian supremacy' at the top of the page)

Doug Mason

Rosa,

I hope to get you the copies of these pages, but you will need patience, since it could take me 2 or 3 weeks.

Doug

Lady Liberty

Dear Rosa,

I am not sure if this will help you at all, but here is a copy and pasted portion of what you are looking for Jere. 29:10 NWT from the 2003 CD ROM I hope it helps you.

Sincerely,

Lady Liberty

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"For this is what Jehovah has said, ‘In accord with the fulfilling of seventy years at Babylon I shall turn my attention to YOU people, and I will establish toward YOU my good word in bringing YOU back to this place.’

Doug Mason

It is an issue of minor semantics.

The WTS says that the captives had to be "at" Babylon for 70 years, whereas the renderings Carl has located (correctly) say "for" Babylon, meaning the 70 years could be fulfilled "for" Babylon while the people remained in their own homes in Judah.

That is what I understand Rosa is looking for.

Doug

Narkissos

The exegesis and translation of this verse have been thoroughly discussed on this (lengthy) thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/87714/1.ashx

I think the Danish NWT of this text has been posted once, but I don't remember where and I don't think scans were posted.

Perhaps you could modify the thread title and include the words "Swedish" and "Danish," so that Scandinavian posters might notice...

valkyrie

http://www.watchtower.org/z/bibeln/index.htm (Swedish)

10 ”Ty detta är vad Jehova har sagt: ’När sjuttio år har gått för Babylon skall jag vända min uppmärksamhet till er, och jag skall gentemot er befästa mitt goda ord genom att föra er tillbaka till denna plats.’

-Valkyrie

Narkissos

Thank you Valkyrie,

I guess the official WT site is well worth a scan (to Rosa).

I really wonder whether this is a local initiative (maybe due to the influence of C.O. Jonsson) or a discrete decision by the US headquarters -- in which case this should appear sooner or later in new editions of the English NWT, and our old friend scholar who put all his ignorance in defence of the old NWT will have to "eat his hat," as we say in French...