Jeremiah 10 Footnotes

10:11 This verse is in Aramaic, the language the Jews adopted after the Babylonian exile. Portions of other OT books (Ezr 4:8–6:18; 7:12-26; Dn 2:4b–7:28) are in Aramaic, but this is the only example of a single Aramaic verse in an otherwise Hebrew book. Critical scholars suggest that an editor added this verse. If so, it would not invalidate this passage as part of the canon of Scripture; editors and compilers also worked under the Holy Spirit’s guidance (see note on Jr 1:1-3). Other possible examples of editorial additions include Nm 12:3; Ru 4:7; 1Sm 9:9; Mk 7:19; Rm 16:22.