This word which I speak may be more naturally expressed as “what I say” (Good News Translation).

In your hearing and in the hearing of all the people may be expressed more simply as “to you and to the people” (Good News Translation) or “to you and the people.”

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 .