1:3 Look, 1 the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place!
He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops! 2
2:11 If a lying windbag should come and say, 3
‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ 4
he would be just the right preacher for these people! 5
1 tn Or “For look.” The expression כִּי־הִנֵּה (ki-hinneh) may function as an explanatory introduction (“For look!”; Isa 26:21; 60:2; 65:17, 18: 66:15; Jer 1:15; 25:29; 30:10; 45:5; 46:27; 50:9; Ezek 30:9; 36:9; Zech 2:10; 3:8), or as an emphatic introduction (“Look!”; Jdgs 3:15; Isa 3:1; Jer 8:17; 30:3; 49:15; Hos 9:6; Joel 3:1 [HT 4:1]; Amos 4:2, 13; 6:11, 14; 9:9; Hab 1:6; Zech 2:9 [HT 2:13]; Zech 3:9; 11:16).
2 tn Or “high places” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
3 tn Heb “if a man, coming [as] wind and falsehood, should lie”; NASB “walking after wind and falsehood”; NIV “a liar and a deceiver.”
4 tn Heb “I will foam at the mouth concerning wine and beer.”
5 tn Heb “he would be the foamer at the mouth for this people.”