¹ tn Grk “an example for you to imitate us.”

² sn An example of this is seen in 1 Sam 28.

⁴ tn Grk “an example of the things coming to the ungodly,” or perhaps “an example to the ungodly of coming [ages].”

¹ tn The words “for example” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarification. This is only one example of why their death was not legitimate.

¹ tn The similar sounding nouns פַּחַד וָפַחַת (pakhad vafakhat, “panic and pitfall”) are an example of paronomasia.

¹ sn For an example of such a curse formula see Jer 29:22.

³ sn Jesus’ example of humble service, as one who serves, shows that the standard for a disciple is different from that of the world. For an example see John 13:1-17.

¹ tn The verb in this context is best taken as a negative obligatory imperfect. See IBHS 508 §31.4g for discussion and examples. See Exod 4:15 as an example of positive obligation.

³ tn The verb in this context is best taken as a negative obligatory imperfect. See IBHS 508-9 §31.4g for discussion and examples. See Exod 4:15 as an example of positive obligation.

¹ tn This is a first class condition in the Greek text, so the example ends on a hopeful, positive note.

⁴ sn Mary is seen here as an example of an object of God’s grace (blessed) for all generations.

⁴ sn These military weapons are examples of the metonymy of adjunct (the specific weapons named) for subject (warfare).

² tn This is another example of the intensive use of כִּי (ki). See BDB 472 s.v. כִּי 1.e.

³ tn Or “forefathers,” or “ancestors.” Here the referent could be the immediate parents or, by their example, more distant ancestors.

¹ tn The perfect has a hypothetical force in this rhetorical question. For another example, see Gen 21:7.

² tn Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (“horror and a curse”) refers to Judah becoming a prime example of an accursed people. In curse formulations they would be held up as a prime example of divine judgment. For an example of such a curse, see Jer 29:22.

³ tn Heb “will become a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.

² sn To formulate blessings. The most famous example of this is the priestly “blessing formula” of Num 6:24-26.

² tn Heb “I discerned their end.” At the temple the psalmist perhaps received an oracle of deliverance announcing his vindication and the demise of the wicked (see Ps 12) or heard songs of confidence (for example, Ps 11), wisdom psalms (for example, Pss 1, 37), and hymns (for example, Ps 112) that describe the eventual downfall of the proud and wealthy.

² tn The aorist ἐτελέσθη (etelesthē) has been translated as a proleptic (futuristic) aorist (ExSyn 564 cites this verse as an example).