Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Jer 27:21) | 1 tn Heb “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel.” For the significance of this title see the note at 2:19. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 16:9) | 1 sn For the title “the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,” see 7:3 and the study note on 2:19. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 8:7) | 3 tn Heb “keep.” Ironically birds, which do not think, obey the laws of nature, but Israel does not obey the laws of God. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 4:23) | 1 tn Heb “I looked at the land and behold…” This indicates the visionary character of Jeremiah’s description of the future condition of the land of Israel. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 4:28) | 1 sn The earth and the heavens are personified here and depicted in the act of mourning and wearing black clothes because of the destruction of the land of Israel. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 2:14) | 1 tn Heb “Is Israel a slave? Or is he a house-born slave?” The questions are rhetorical, expecting a negative answer. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 57:11) | 3 sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 49:6) | 2 sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 45:14) | 4 sn Restored Israel is depicted here in typical ancient Near Eastern fashion as an imperial power that receives riches and slaves as tribute. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 29:23) | 3 sn Holy One of Jacob is similar to the phrase “Holy One of Israel” common throughout Isaiah; see the at Isa 1:4. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 26:18) | 1 tn On the use of כְּמוֹ (kemo, “like, as”) here, see BDB 455 s.v. Israel’s distress and suffering, likened here to the pains of childbirth, seemed to be for no purpose. A woman in labor endures pain with the hope that a child will be born; in Israel’s case no such positive outcome was apparent. The nation was like a woman who strains to bring forth a child but cannot push the baby through to daylight. All her effort produces nothing. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 14:2) | 1 tn Heb “and the house of Israel will take possession of them [i.e., the nations], on the land of the Lord, as male servants and female servants.” |
| (0.30) | (Isa 9:4) | 2 sn This alludes to Gideon’s victory over Midian (Judg 7-8), when the Lord delivered Israel from an oppressive foreign invader. |
| (0.30) | (Pro 13:22) | 1 sn In ancient Israel the idea of leaving an inheritance was a sign of God’s blessing; blessings extended to the righteous and not the sinners. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 148:14) | 2 tn “[there is] praise for all his loyal followers, to the sons of Israel, the people near him.” Here “praise” stands by metonymy for the victory that prompts it. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 125:5) | 4 tn Heb “peace [be] upon Israel.” The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 122:8 for a similar prayer for peace). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 119:57) | 1 tn Heb “my portion [is] the Lord.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel (see Ps 16:5). |
| (0.30) | (Psa 100:1) | 1 sn Psalm 100. The psalmist celebrates the fact that Israel has a special relationship to God and summons worshipers to praise the Lord for his faithfulness. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 80:11) | 2 tn Heb “to [the] river.” The “river” is the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia. Israel expanded both to the west and to the east. |
| (0.30) | (Psa 50:7) | 2 tn Heb “Israel, and I will testify against you.” The imperative “listen” is understood in the second line by ellipsis (note the preceding line). |
