Discovery Box| (0.43) | (Luk 1:2) | 1 tn Grk “even as”; this compares the recorded tradition of 1:1 with the original eyewitness tradition of 1:2. |
| (0.43) | (Mar 4:21) | 1 sn The lamp is probably an ancient oil burning lamp or perhaps a candlestick. Jesus is comparing revelation to light, particularly the revelation of his ministry. |
| (0.43) | (Hab 2:9) | 2 sn Here the Babylonians are compared to a bird, perhaps an eagle, that builds its nest in an inaccessible high place where predators cannot reach it. |
| (0.43) | (Hab 2:1) | 1 sn Habakkuk compares himself to a watchman stationed on the city wall who keeps his eyes open for approaching messengers or danger. |
| (0.43) | (Nah 3:18) | 4 tn The words “like sheep” are not in the Hebrew text; they are added for clarification of the imagery. The previous line compares Assyria’s leaders to shepherds. |
| (0.43) | (Mic 3:2) | 5 sn Micah compares the social injustice perpetrated by the house of Jacob/Israel to cannibalism because it threatens the very lives of the oppressed. |
| (0.43) | (Joe 2:7) | 1 sn Since the invaders are compared to warriors, this suggests that they are not actually human but instead an army of locusts. |
| (0.43) | (Dan 2:33) | 1 sn Clay refers to baked clay, which despite being hard was also fragile. Compare the reference in v. 41 to “wet clay.” |
| (0.43) | (Eze 27:28) | 1 tn Compare this phrase to Isa 57:20 and Amos 8:8. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:561. |
| (0.43) | (Eze 11:3) | 4 sn Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 52:12) | 3 tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2 and compare the usage in Gen 39:1. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 51:28) | 1 tn See the first translator’s note on 51:27 and compare also 6:4 and the study note there. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 51:3) | 2 sn For the concept underlying this word, see the study note on “utterly destroy” in Jer 25:9 and compare the usage in 50:21, 26. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 49:39) | 1 sn See a similar note on the reversal of Moab’s fortunes in Jer 48:47; compare also 46:26 for a future restoration of Egypt. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 49:32) | 1 tn See the translator’s note at Jer 9:26 and compare the usage in 9:26 and 25:23. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 48:1) | 6 tn For the meaning of the verb here see BDB 369 s.v. חָתַת Qal.1 and compare usage in Isa 7:8 and 30:31. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 39:9) | 1 tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2 and compare the usage in Gen 39:1. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 32:30) | 1 tn Heb “that which is evil in my eyes.” For this idiom see BDB 744 s.v. עַיִן 3.c and compare usage in 18:10. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 30:18) | 3 tn Heb “according to its custom [or plan].” See BDB 1049 s.v. מִשְׁפָּט 6.d, and compare usage in 1 Sam 27:11. |
| (0.43) | (Jer 30:1) | 1 tn Compare the headings at 7:1; 11:1; 18:1; 21:1, as well as the translator’s note at those places. |
