17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him 3 for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!
1 tn Heb “hear.”
2 tc The MT reads “if not” but most ancient versions translate only “if.” The expression occurs with this sense in Isa 5:9; 14:24. See also Ezek 34:8; 36:5; 38:19.
3 tn Heb “place it on his head.”