13:20 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note 1 that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people’s lives 2 like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people’s lives, which you hunt like birds.
“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore 3 to the descendants 4 of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore 5 to them, “I am the Lord your God.”
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.
2 tn Heb “human lives” or “souls.”
3 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
4 tn Heb “seed.”
5 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”