9:10 I will remove 4 the chariot from Ephraim
and the warhorse from Jerusalem,
and the battle bow will be removed.
Then he will announce peace to the nations.
His dominion will be from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates River 5 to the ends of the earth.
1 tn Heb “so that no man lifts up his head.”
2 tn Heb “terrify them”; the referent (Judah’s enemies) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “to scatter it.” The word “people” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tc The MT first person pronoun (“I”), which seems to shift the subject too abruptly, becomes 3rd person masculine singular (“he”) in the LXX (הִכְרִית, hikhrit, presupposed for הִכְרַתִּי, hikhratti). However, the
tn Heb “cut off” (so NASB, NRSV; also later in this verse); NAB “banish”; NIV, CEV “take away.”
5 tn Heb “the river.” The Hebrew expression typically refers to the Euphrates, so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “the broken” (so KJV, NASB; NRSV “the maimed”).
7 tn Heb “the fat [ones].” Cf. ASV “the fat sheep”; NIV “the choice sheep.”