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Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Lam 5:7) | 1 tn Heb “fathers,” but here the term also refers to “forefathers,” i.e., more distant ancestors. |
| (0.35) | (Lam 4:16) | 3 tn The basic meaning of the verb חָנַן (khanan) is “to show favor [to], be gracious [to].” In some contexts this can mean “to spare” the lives of someone (Deut 7:2; 28:50; Job 19:21; Lam 4:16) (BDB 336 s.v. 1.c), though it is not clear whether that is the case here. |
| (0.35) | (Lam 3:37) | 1 tn Heb “Who is this, he spoke and it came to pass?” The general sense is to ask whose commands are fulfilled. The phrase “he spoke and it came to pass” is taken as an allusion to the creation account (see Gen 1:3). |
| (0.35) | (Lam 3:19) | 1 tn The basic meaning of זָכַר (zakhar) is “to remember, call to mind” (HALOT 270 s.v. I זכר). Although it is often used in reference to recollection of past events, it can also describe consideration of present situations: “to consider, think about” something present (BDB 270 s.v. 5). |
| (0.35) | (Lam 3:10) | 1 tn Heb “he is to me [like] a bear lying in wait.” |
| (0.35) | (Lam 2:13) | 3 tn The ו (vav) prefixed to וַאֲנַחֲמֵךְ (vaʾanakhamekh, “I might comfort you”) denotes purpose: “so that….” |
| (0.35) | (Lam 1:21) | 2 tn “You” here and in the following line refers to the Lord. |
| (0.35) | (Lam 1:20) | 1 tn Heb “because distress belongs to me” (כִּי־צַר־לִי, ki tsar li). |
| (0.35) | (Lam 1:10) | 8 tn The noun קָהָל (qahal, “assembly”) does not refer here to the collective group of people assembled to worship the Lord, but to the place of their assembly: the temple. This is an example of a synecdoche of the people contained (= assembly) for the container (= temple). The intent is to make the violation feel more personal than someone walking into a building. |
| (0.35) | (Lam 1:4) | 9 tn Heb “and she is bitter to herself,” that is, “sick inside” (2 Kgs 4:27) |
| (0.35) | (Jer 52:18) | 2 sn These trimming shears were used to trim the wicks of the lamps. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 51:50) | 1 sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45). |
| (0.35) | (Jer 51:31) | 1 tn Heb “Runner will run to meet runner and…” The intent is to portray a relay of runners carrying the news that follows on in vv. 31d-33 to the king of Babylon. The present translation attempts to spell out the significance. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 51:6) | 3 tn Heb “paying to her a recompense [i.e., a payment in kind].” |
| (0.35) | (Jer 50:40) | 1 sn Cf. Jer 49:18, where the same prophecy is applied to Edom. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 50:2) | 1 tn The verbs are masculine plural. Jeremiah is calling on other unnamed messengers to spread the news. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 49:2) | 4 tn Heb “says the Lord.” The first person is used to maintain the first person address throughout. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 48:17) | 2 tn Heb “How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!” “How” introduces a lament that is here rendered by “Alas.” The staff and rod refer to the support that Moab gave to others, not to the fact that she ruled over others, which was never the case. According to BDB 739 s.v. עוֹז 1, the “strong staff” is figurative of political power. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 46:12) | 1 tn Heb “of your shame.” The “shame,” however, applies to the devastating defeat they will suffer. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 45:4) | 2 tn Heb “Thus you shall say to him [i.e., Baruch].” |
