19:14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. 1
No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’
This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”
31:6 All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs;
under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,
in its shade all the great 2 nations lived.
31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it,
nor could the fir trees 3 match its boughs;
the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches;
no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.
43:13 “And these are the measurements of the altar: 4 Its base 5 is 1¾ feet 6 high, 7 and 1¾ feet 8 wide, and its border nine inches 9 on its edge. This is to be the height 10 of the altar.
1 tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.
2 tn Or “many.”
3 tn Or “cypress trees” (cf. NASB, NLT); NIV “pine trees.”
4 tn Heb “the measurements of the altar by cubits, the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth.” The measuring units here and in the remainder of this section are the Hebrew “long” cubit, consisting of a cubit (about 18 inches or 45 cm) and a handbreadth (about 3 inches or 7.5 cm), for a total of 21 inches (52.5 cm). Because modern readers are not familiar with the cubit as a unit of measurement, and due to the additional complication of the “long” cubit as opposed to the regular cubit, all measurements have been converted to American standard feet and inches, with the Hebrew measurements and the metric equivalents given in the notes. On the altar see Ezek 40:47.
5 tn The Hebrew term normally means “bosom.” Here it refers to a hollow in the ground.
6 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
7 tn The word “high” is not in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “one cubit” (i.e., 52.5 cm).
9 tn Heb “one span.” A span was three handbreadths, or about nine inches (i.e., 22.5 cm).
10 tc Heb “bulge, protuberance, mound.” The translation follows the LXX.