The »vengeance« is a point of the »Confessions«, nqmh: 11,20; 20,10.12; nqm 15,15. This »vengeance« and the justice of God are linked; see ryb: 11,20; 15,10; 21,12. The same can be found in the OABabylon. See nqmh 46,10 (Egypt, the ancient enemy); 50,15.28; 51,6.11.36; and nqm: 46,10; 50,15; and ryb: 25,31 (all the nations); 50,34 and 51,36. The only other attestations of the verb nqm in 5,9.29;
... [Show full abstract] 9,8 confirm the relations between the OAN and the »Confessions«. The parallel pqd nqm appears in 11,20.22; 15,15 and 5,9.29; 9,8 where Judah is called gwy. The »vengeance« against Jerusalem is similar to the »vengeance« against Babylon. Thr 1 underlines the realisation of the vengeance of God against Jerusalem. The justice of God is confirmed; see Jer 12,1 and Thr 1,18, because Jerusalem suffers the troubles Jeremiah suffered in the past, see šlh Jer 12,1; Thr 1,5; bgd Jer 12,1.6; Thr 1,2; bdd Thr 1,1; Jer 15,17.
