Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Oba 1:3) | 3 tn Heb “on high (is) his dwelling”; cf. NASB “in the loftiness of your dwelling place,” NRSV “whose dwelling (NAB “abode”) is in the heights.” |
| (0.30) | (Dan 11:12) | 1 tn Heb “his heart will be lifted up.” The referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Dan 5:20) | 2 sn The point of describing Nebuchadnezzar as arrogant is that he had usurped divine prerogatives, and because of his immense arrogance God had dealt decisively with him. |
| (0.30) | (Dan 2:13) | 2 tn The impersonal active plural (“they sought”) of the Aramaic verb could also be translated as an English passive: “Daniel and his friends were sought” (cf. NAB). |
| (0.30) | (Eze 16:25) | 2 tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew root is found in Prov 13:3 in reference to the talkative person who habitually “opens wide” his lips. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 6:2) | 1 sn Based on comparison to a similar expression in Ugaritic, the phrase may imply that Ezekiel was actually to go to these locations to deliver his message. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 2:4) | 1 tn Heb “sons.” The word choice may reflect treaty idiom, where the relationship between an overlord and his subjects can be described as that of father and son. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 3:14) | 2 tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was on me heavily.” The “hand of the Lord” is a metaphor for his power or influence; the modifier conveys intensity. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 1:8) | 1 tc The MT reads “his hand” while many Hebrew mss as well as the Qere read “hands of.” Two similar Hebrew letters, vav and yod, have been confused. |
| (0.30) | (Lam 2:17) | 2 tn Heb “His word.” When used in collocation with the verb בָּצַע (batsaʿ, “to fulfill,” see previous), the accusative noun אִמְרָה (ʾimrah, “word”) means “promise.” |
| (0.30) | (Jer 50:43) | 1 tn Heb “his hands will drop/hang limp.” For the meaning of this idiom see the translator’s note on 6:24. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 46:10) | 3 sn This passage is, of course, highly figurative. The Lord does not have a literal “sword,” but he uses agents of destruction like the Assyrian armies (called his “rod” in Isa 10:5-6) and the Babylonian armies (called his war club in Jer 51:20) to wreak vengeance on his foes. Likewise, swords do not “eat” or “drink.” What is meant here is that God will use this battle against the Egyptians to kill off many Egyptians until his vengeance is fully satisfied. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 44:26) | 2 sn They will no longer be able to invoke his name in an oath because they will all be put to death (v. 27; cf. vv. 11-14). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 36:14) | 3 tn Heb “So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and went to them.” The clause order has been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 28:4) | 1 sn Notice again that the “false” prophet uses the same formula and claims the same source for his message as the true prophet has (cf. 27:22). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 27:12) | 2 sn The verbs in this verse are all plural. They are addressed to Zedekiah and his royal advisers (compare 22:2). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 25:5) | 2 tn Heb “Turn [masc. pl.] each person from his wicked way and from the evil of your [masc. pl.] doings.” See the same demand in 23:22. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 18:18) | 3 sn These are the three channels through whom God spoke to his people in the OT. See Jer 8:8-10 and Ezek 7:26. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 18:3) | 2 sn At his wheel (Heb “at the two stones”). The Hebrew expression is very descriptive of the construction of a potter’s wheel, which consisted of two stones joined by a horizontal shaft. The potter rotated the wheel with his feet on the lower wheel and worked the clay with his hands on the upper. For a picture of a potter working at his wheel, see I. Ben-Dor, “Potter’s Wheel,” IDB 3:846. See also the discussion regarding the making of pottery in J. L. Kelso, “Pottery,” IDB 3:846-53. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 16:10) | 1 sn The actions of the prophet would undoubtedly elicit questions about his behavior, and he would have occasion to explain the reason. |
