17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him 4 for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!
1 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.
2 tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.” The same expression occurs in 1 Kgs 8:32; Ezek 11:21; 16:43; 22:31.
3 tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”
4 tn Heb “place it on his head.”
5 tn Heb “and the sins of your idols you will bear.” By extension it can mean the punishment for the sins.