¹ tn Or “clan leaders” (so also throughout this chapter).

¹ tc Heb “and the leaders said to them.” The LXX omits the words “and the leaders said to them.”

¹ tn The distributive sense is achieved by repetition: “one leader for the day, one leader for the day.”

¹ tn The Hebrew construction has “the leader of the leaders of” (וּנְשִׂיא נְשִׂיאֵי, un^esiʾ n^esiʾe).

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.”

³ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See also the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 7.

³ sn A large group. Many Jews, even some religious leaders, were responding.

⁴ tn Or “the Jewish leaders”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders, especially members of the Sanhedrin. See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 12. In the translation “authorities” was preferred over “leaders” for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Grk “the rulers.” In context this refers to the Jewish leaders.

⁴ sn Their council is probably a reference to the Jewish Sanhedrin, the council of seventy leaders.

¹ tn The plural pronoun refers to the leaders, priests, and prophets mentioned in the preceding verse.

¹ tn Heb “they,” referring to the indicted leaders in vv. 1-3.

³ tn Or “princes” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NLT); cf. TEV “officers,” CEV “leaders.”

¹ sn Elders here refers not necessarily to men advanced in years but to leaders within the community.

¹ sn For discussion of the terms “governors” and “leaders,” see the note at Jer 51:23.

¹ sn The phrase never full alludes to the greed of the leaders.

² tn Heb “and bulls along with strong ones.” Perhaps this refers to the leaders.

³ tn Heb “a man who understands [and] knows”; NRSV “an intelligent ruler”; NLT “wise and knowledgeable leaders.”

¹ tn Heb “and [one] for a leader [was] from him.” This probably refers to the Davidic king.

¹ tn Heb “a leader and a great one.” The expression is a hendiadys.