² tn Or “sin is not reckoned.”

³ tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”

³ tn Heb “the days of the retribution”; cf. NIV “of reckoning,” and NRSV “of recompense.”

² sn The twenty-fifth day would be March 20, 561 b.c. in modern reckoning.

¹ sn See the study note on Jer 25:11 for the reckoning of the seventy years.

¹ sn Elul was the sixth month, or August-September by modern reckoning.

² sn The seventh month would be September-October in modern reckoning.

¹ sn This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

² sn The twenty-seventh day would be March 22, 561 b.c. in modern reckoning.

¹ sn The eighth month would correspond to October-November in modern reckoning.

² sn The month Ethanim. This would be September-October in modern reckoning.

² sn The tenth day of the month would have been August 17, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

¹ tn The line could be read as “do you reckon this for justice? Here “to be” is understood.

² sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

¹ sn In the month of Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

¹ sn In the month Bul. This would be October-November 959 b.c. in modern reckoning.

¹ sn During the month Ziv. This would be April-May, 966 b.c. by modern reckoning.

³ tn The related verb חָשָׁב (khashav) means “to think, to devise, to reckon.” The noun (here) refers to thoughts or considerations.

² sn This would have been January 15, 588 b.c. The reckoning is based on the calendar that begins the year in the spring (Nisan = March/April).

¹ sn According to modern reckoning that would have been July 18, 586 b.c. The siege thus lasted almost a full eighteen months.