Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Hos 1:4) | 6 sn The proper name יִזְרְעֶאל (yizreʿeʾl, “Jezreel”) sounds like יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisraʾel, “Israel”). This phonetic wordplay associates the sin at Jezreel with the judgment on Israel, stressing poetic justice. |
| (0.35) | (Eze 36:22) | 1 sn In Ezek 20:22 God refrained from punishment for the sake of his holy name. Here God’s reputation is the basis for Israel’s restoration. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 31:33) | 1 tn Heb “with the house of Israel.” All commentators agree that the term here refers to both the whole nation, which was divided into the house of Israel and the house of Judah in v. 30. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 30:2) | 1 tn Heb “Thus says Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel, saying….” For significance of the title “Yahweh of armies, the God of Israel,” see the note at 2:19. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 2:14) | 1 sn The Lord is here contrasting Israel’s lofty status as the Lord’s bride and special possession, which he had earlier reminded her of (see 2:2-3), with her current status of servitude to Egypt and Assyria. |
| (0.35) | (Isa 44:5) | 2 tn Heb “and by the name of Israel he will title.” Some, with support from several ancient versions, prefer to change the Piel (active) verb form to a Pual (passive), “and he will be titled by the name of Israel.” |
| (0.35) | (Psa 108:9) | 1 sn The metaphor of the washbasin, used to rinse one’s hands and feet, suggests that Moab, in contrast to Israel’s elevated position (vv. 7-8), would be reduced to the status of a servant. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 60:8) | 1 sn The metaphor of the washbasin, used to rinse one’s hands and feet, suggests that Moab, in contrast to Israel’s elevated position (vv. 6-7), would be reduced to the status of a servant. |
| (0.35) | (Psa 60:1) | 1 sn Psalm 60. The psalmist grieves over Israel’s humiliation, but in response to God’s assuring word, he asks for divine help in battle and expresses his confidence in victory. |
| (0.35) | (Neh 7:7) | 1 tn Heb “the men of the people of Israel.” Some English versions translate as “the people from Israel” (NCV) or “the Israelite people” (NRSV), but “men” should be retained because the following numbers presumably include only adult males. |
| (0.35) | (2Ch 13:5) | 1 tn Heb “Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel has given kingship to David over Israel permanently, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?” |
| (0.35) | (2Ki 23:22) | 2 tn Heb “because there had not been observed [one] like this Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel and all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.” |
| (0.35) | (1Sa 10:7) | 1 sn In light of Saul’s commission to be Israel’s deliverer (see v. 1), it is likely that some type of military action against the Philistines (see v.5) is implied. |
| (0.35) | (Jdg 11:25) | 1 sn Jephthah argues that the Ammonite king should follow the example of Balak, who, once thwarted in his attempt to bring a curse on Israel, refused to attack Israel and returned home (Num 22-24). |
| (0.35) | (Jos 24:22) | 2 sn Like witnesses in a court of law, Israel’s solemn vow to worship the Lord will testify against them in the divine court if the nation ever violates its commitment. |
| (0.35) | (Jos 22:14) | 1 tn Heb “ten leaders with him, one leader, one leader for a paternal house, for all the tribes of Israel, and each a head of the house of their father, they belong to the clans of Israel.” |
| (0.35) | (Deu 32:5) | 3 tn Heb “defect” (so NASB). This highly elliptical line suggests that Israel’s major fault was its failure to act like God’s people; in fact, they acted quite the contrary. |
| (0.35) | (Exo 39:6) | 2 sn The twelve names were those of Israel’s sons. The idea was not the remembrance of the twelve sons as such, but the twelve tribes that bore their names. |
| (0.35) | (Heb 11:22) | 2 sn Joseph’s prophecy about the exodus of the sons of Israel is found in Gen 50:24. |
| (0.35) | (Rom 11:11) | 2 tn Grk “them”; the referent (Israel, cf. 11:7) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
