¹ tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar).

¹ tn Heb “and struck down the remnant that had escaped belonging to Amalek.”

³ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”

² tn Heb “the remnant of the these nations, these nations that are with you.”

⁴ tn Or “the remnant of” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); cf. CEV “what’s left of your people.”

¹ tn Heb “The remnant of the house of Judah that is left will add roots below and produce fruit above.”

¹ tn Heb “and there will be a highway for the remnant of his people who remain, from Assyria.”

³ tn Heb “and the fruit of the land will become pride and beauty for the remnant of Israel.”

¹ tn Heb “The remnant of the house of Judah that is left will add roots below and produce fruit above.”

² tn Heb “to make you a remnant.” The verb, followed here by the preposition ל (lamed), means “to make.”

⁴ tn Heb “and the spirit of all the remnant of the people.” The Hebrew phrase שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם (sh^eʾerit haʿam) in this postexilic context is used as a technical term to refer to the returned remnant; see the note on the phrase “the whole remnant of the people” in v. 12.

² tn Heb “and they will be a remnant for our God”; cf. NIV “will belong to our God”; NLT “will worship our God.”

¹ sn The remnant of the nations (see v. 13) may be the unspecified subject. If so, then those who have survived the judgment begin to praise God.

¹ tn Heb “and the remnant of the number of the bow, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few.”

² tn Heb “and the splendor of Moab will be disgraced with all the great multitude, and a small little remnant will not be strong.”

⁴ tn Heb “Do not let there be to her a remnant.” According to BDB 984 s.v. שְׁאֵרִית, this refers to the last remnant of people, i.e., there won’t be any survivors. Cf. Jer 11:23.

¹ tn Heb “the remnant of my inheritance.” In this context the Lord’s remnant is the tribe of Judah, which had been preserved when the Assyrians conquered and deported the northern tribes. See 17:18 and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 269.

² tn Heb “An inheritance for the remnant belonging to Benjamin, and a tribe from Israel will not be wiped away.” The first statement lacks a verb. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “How can an inheritance remain for the remnant of Benjamin?”

¹ tn Heb “and not one has done, and a remnant of the spirit to him.” The very elliptical nature of the statement suggests it is proverbial. The present translation represents an attempt to clarify the meaning of the statement (cf. NASB).

⁵ tn Heb “the remnant of them.” One could possibly translate, “every last one of them” (cf. NEB “to the last man”). This probably refers to those who survive the collapse of the temple, which may symbolize the northern kingdom.