³ tn Heb “or else I will sleep [in?] the death.” Perhaps the statement is elliptical, “I will sleep [the sleep] of death,” or “I will sleep [with the sleepers in] death.”

⁵ tn Or “who were putting him to death.” For the translation of ἀναιρούντων (anairountōn) as “putting to death” see BDAG 64 s.v. ἀναιρέω 2.

² sn Made loud lamentation. For someone who was stoned to death, lamentation was normally not allowed (m. Sanhedrin 6:6). The remark points to an unjust death.

² tn Heb “I will send the sword after them.” The sword here is probably not completely literal but refers to death by violent means, including death by the sword.

¹ tn Heb “the sons of death.” The phrase “sons of death” (see also Ps 79:11) is idiomatic for those condemned to die.

¹ tn The LXX renders this line: “for death is the witness of an ungodly man. “Death” represents “barren/sterile,” and “witness” represents “assembly.”

² sn “Death” is a metonymy that names the effect for the cause. If the locusts are left in the land it will be death to everything that grows.

⁶ sn The one righteous act refers to Jesus’ death on the cross.

⁹ tn Grk “he will never taste of death forever.” The Greek negative here is emphatic.

⁴ tn Grk “he will never see death forever.” The Greek negative here is emphatic.

² sn Throwing the heir out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.

⁶ sn That is, in a state between life and death; severely wounded.

¹ tn This imperfect verb could be understood ingressively: “she was beginning to die” or “was approaching death.”

⁴ sn Throwing the heir’s body out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.

³ sn Throwing the heir out of the vineyard pictures Jesus’ death outside of Jerusalem.

³ tn Or “die” (KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV); cf. NAB “shall meet death.”

³ tn Heb “Behold, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.”

³ tn Heb “it”; the referent (“death”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “the ways of death.” See note at the identical saying in 14:12.

⁶ tn Heb “snares of death” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); CEV “deadly traps.”