19:13 Now it is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty land. 1
1 sn This metaphor depicts the Babylonian exile of the Davidic dynasty.
2 tn The precise Hebrew word used here to refer to an “altar hearth” occurs only here in the OT.
3 tn Heb “twelve cubits” (i.e., 6.3 meters; the phrase occurs twice in this verse).