(0.40) | (Zec 10:9) | 1 tn Or “sow” (so KJV, ASV). The imagery is taken from the sowing of seed by hand. |
(0.40) | (Zec 1:1) | 1 sn Darius is Darius Hystaspes, king of Persia from 522-486 b.c. |
(0.40) | (Zep 3:20) | 1 tn In this line the second person pronoun is masculine plural, indicating that the exiles are addressed. |
(0.40) | (Zep 3:11) | 1 sn The second person verbs and pronouns are feminine singular, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed here. |
(0.40) | (Zep 3:1) | 2 sn The following verses show that Jerusalem, personified as a woman (“she”), is the referent. |
(0.40) | (Zep 3:2) | 1 tn Heb “she has not listened to a voice.” Refusing to listen is equated with disobedience. |
(0.40) | (Zep 2:5) | 2 tn Heb “I will destroy you so there is no inhabitant [remaining].” |
(0.40) | (Zep 1:4) | 1 tn Heb “I will stretch out my hand against,” is an idiom for hostile action. |
(0.40) | (Zep 1:4) | 5 tn Heb “name.” Here the “name” is figurative for the memory of those who bear it. |
(0.40) | (Hab 1:15) | 4 tn Heb “Therefore he is happy and rejoices.” Here two synonyms are joined for emphasis. |
(0.40) | (Hab 1:13) | 2 tn Heb “to see.” Here “see” is figurative for “tolerate,” “put up with.” |
(0.40) | (Nah 1:15) | 6 tn Heb “the wicked one.” This is a collective singular and has been translated as a plural. |
(0.40) | (Nah 1:15) | 9 tn Heb “he.” This is in agreement with the singular “wicked one” in the previous line. |
(0.40) | (Mic 7:18) | 1 sn The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one!” The claim is supported by the following description. |
(0.40) | (Mic 6:1) | 1 sn Defend yourself. The Lord challenges Israel to defend itself against the charges he is bringing. |
(0.40) | (Mic 5:3) | 4 sn The woman in labor. Personified, suffering Jerusalem is the referent. See 4:9-10. |
(0.40) | (Mic 4:10) | 3 tn Heb “hand.” The Hebrew idiom is a metonymy for power or control. |
(0.40) | (Mic 2:10) | 2 tn Heb “for this is no resting place.” The Lord speaks to the oppressors. |
(0.40) | (Mic 1:2) | 2 tn Heb “O earth and that which fills it”; cf. KJV “and all that therein is.” |
(0.40) | (Mic 1:5) | 1 sn Jacob is an alternate name for Israel (see Gen 32:28). |