35:1 Jehoiakim — This prophecy is a break in the series concerning Zedekiah in the previous chapters. Jehoiakim was Zedekiah’s brother and ruled earlier than him. He was the second of Josiah’s sons to be king over Judah. Jehoiakim was appointed by Pharaoh Neco II after Joiakim’s brother, Yehoaḥaz. Yehoahaz was deposed by the Pharaoh after …
34:18 …I will make them like the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts…(Jeremiah 34:18 ESV) This likely refers to the process during certain covenants where animals were cut into pieces and participants walked between them as a sign of ‘this type of thing will happen to you if you break the covenant’. …
33:5 — Chaldeans, In Hebrew, here and elsewhere, this is Kasedim (כַּשְׂדִּים). These are the Babylonians. The word Chaldean in English translations actually derives from the Greek translations of scripture, where Khaldaía (Χαλδαία) is used. Both Kasedim and Khaldaía may be tied to the Akkadian terms used for the southern areas of Mesopotamia (Kashdu and Kaldu). The Aramic translations have Kaldo.