² tn Grk “into the oven.” The expanded translation “into the fire to heat the oven” has been used to avoid misunderstanding; most items put into modern ovens are put there to be baked, not burned.

¹ tn Heb “stumblers have put on strength.” Because of the contrast between the prior and current condition, the participle has been translated with past tense. The Hebrew metaphor is a picture of getting dressed with (“putting on”) strength like clothing.

³ tn BDAG 762 s.v. παραδίδωμι 1.b has “εἰς φυλακήν put in prison Ac 8:3.”

² tn Grk “puts,” but since the means of attachment would normally be sewing, the translation “sews” has been used.

² tn Here the city (Jerusalem) is put by metonymy for its inhabitants (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 579).

² sn Habakkuk complains that God tolerates social injustice and fails to intervene on behalf of the oppressed (put up with wrongdoing).

⁶ tn Heb “[put away] her immoral behavior from between her breasts.” Cf. KJV “her adulteries,” and NIV “the unfaithfulness.”

³ sn When lamenting, ancient Israelites would fast, wear sackcloth, and put ashes on their heads to show their sorrow and contrition.

¹ tn Heb “be put to death.” The translation follows an alternative reading that appears in several ancient textual witnesses.

¹ tn Heb “put their necks in the yoke of.” See the study note on v. 2 for the figure.

³ tn Heb “put their necks in the yoke of.” See the study note on v. 2 for the figure.

¹ tn Heb “put their necks in the yoke of.” See the study note on v. 2 for the figure.

⁶ tn Heb “like wood and it [i.e., the fire I put in your mouth] will consume them.”

² tn Heb “and he chased an oppressed and needy man, and one timid of heart to put [him] to death.”

² tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.’”

³ tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.’”

¹ tc The Old Greek translation includes the following words here: “he tore his garments and put on sackcloth. After these things.”

¹ tn Heb “They turned and went and put the children, the cattle, and the possessions in front of them.”

¹ tn Heb “a man, a prophet.” Hebrew idiom sometimes puts a generic term before a more specific designation.

³ sn The reference to the first ripe grapes would put the time somewhere at the end of July.