² sn The expression the children of the flesh refers to the natural offspring.

⁴ tn Grk “and raise up seed,” an idiom for procreating children (L&N 23.59).

¹ tn Grk “summoned them”; the referent (the children) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “They are like children sitting…and calling out…who say.”

¹ tn Grk “and raise up seed,” an idiom for fathering children (L&N 23.59).

² tn Grk “And those eating were 4,000 men, apart from children and women.”

⁷ tn Heb “sons of Israel” (so NASB); cf. KJV “children of Israel,” and NAB “people of Israel.”

³ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); cf. KJV and ASV “the children,” and NAB and NIV “the Israelites.”

² tn Heb “pays back into the bosom of their children the sin of their parents.”

² tn Heb “my children have gone from me and are no more.”

¹ tn Heb “children [who] do not act deceitfully.” Here the verb refers to covenantal loyalty.

¹ tn Heb “your,” but Zion here stands by metonymy for her children (see v. 22b).

⁴ tn Heb “I will not live [as] a widow, and I will not know loss of children.”

¹ tn Heb “for when he sees his children, the work of my hands in his midst.”

² tn Heb “son,” but the immediate context does not suggest limiting this only to male children.

¹ tn Heb “my son,” but the immediate context does not limit this to male children.

¹ tn Heb “my son,” although the context does not limit this exhortation to male children.

¹ tn Or “sons,” but the Hebrew term sometimes refers to children in general.

⁵ tn Heb “they are satisfied [with] sons and leave their abundance to their children.”

² tn Heb “children and women.” The translation follows contemporary English idiom, which reverses the order.