9:5 The Lord set 1 an appointed time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this 2 in the land.”
1 tn Heb “and Yahweh set.”
2 tn Heb “this thing.”
3 tn The form is a perfect tense with the vav (ו) consecutive, functioning as the equivalent of an imperfect of instruction or injunction.
4 tn Or “every year,” or “year after year.”