33:10 “I, the Lord, say: 5 ‘You and your people are saying 6 about this place, “It lies in ruins. There are no people or animals in it.” That is true. The towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem 7 will soon be desolate, uninhabited either by people or by animals. But happy sounds will again be heard in these places.
1 tn See the translator’s note on 7:13 for an explanation of this idiom.
2 tn Heb “Oracle of the
3 tn The word “exiles” is not in the text. It is supplied in the translation to clarify the referent of “you.”
4 tn Heb “Oracle of the
5 tn Heb “Thus says the
sn The phrase here is parallel to that in v. 4 and introduces a further amplification of the “great and mysterious things” of v. 3.
6 tn Heb “You.” However, the pronoun is plural as in 32:36, 43. See the translator’s note on 32:36.
7 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.