Discovery Box| (0.37) | (Eze 38:2) | 4 sn Meshech and Tubal were two nations in Cappadocia of Asia Minor. They were also sons of Japheth (Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5). |
| (0.37) | (Eze 37:22) | 1 sn Jeremiah also attested to the reuniting of the northern and southern kingdoms (Jer 3:12, 14; 31:2-6). |
| (0.37) | (Eze 35:5) | 1 tn Or “gave over…to the power of the sword.” This phrase also occurs in Jer 18:21 and Ps 63:10. |
| (0.37) | (Eze 27:11) | 3 tn See note on “quivers” in Jer 51:11 on the meaning of Hebrew שֶׁלֶט (shelet) and also M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:553. |
| (0.37) | (Eze 25:15) | 5 tn Heb “to destroy (with) perpetual hostility.” Joel 3:4-8 also speaks of the Philistines taking advantage of the fall of Judah. |
| (0.37) | (Eze 25:4) | 1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something and has been translated here with a verb (so also throughout the chapter). |
| (0.37) | (Eze 23:44) | 1 tn Heb “approached.” The verb בּוֹא (boʾ) with the preposition אֶל (ʾel) means “come to” or “approach” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations. |
| (0.37) | (Eze 20:46) | 4 tn The Hebrew term can also mean “forest,” but a meaning of uncultivated wasteland fits the Negev region far better. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:418. |
| (0.37) | (Eze 11:3) | 4 sn Jerusalem is also compared to a pot in Ezek 24:3-8. The siege of the city is pictured as heating up the pot. |
| (0.37) | (Eze 10:9) | 3 tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB), “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV), and “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV). |
| (0.37) | (Eze 8:2) | 1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb (so also throughout the chapter). |
| (0.37) | (Eze 5:6) | 1 sn The nations are subject to a natural law according to Gen 9; see also Amos 1:3-2:3 and Jonah 1:2. |
| (0.37) | (Eze 2:5) | 3 tn This Hebrew adjective is also used to describe the Israelites in Num 17:10 (17:25 HT) and Isa 30:9. |
| (0.37) | (Eze 3:7) | 1 sn Moses (Exod 3:19) and Isaiah (Isa 6:9-10) were also told that their messages would not be received. |
| (0.37) | (Eze 1:16) | 2 tn Heb “Tarshish stone.” The meaning of this term is uncertain. The term has also been translated “topaz” (NEB), “beryl” (KJV, NASB, NRSV), or “chrysolite” (RSV, NIV). |
| (0.37) | (Lam 4:5) | 5 tn Heb “embrace garbage.” One may also translate “rummage through” (cf. NCV “pick through trash piles”; TEV “pawing through refuse”; NLT “search the garbage pits”). |
| (0.37) | (Lam 3:48) | 1 tn Heb “canals.” The phrase “canals of water” (eye water = tears) is an example of hyperbole. The English idiom “streams of tears” is also hyperbolic. |
| (0.37) | (Lam 1:10) | 5 tn Heb “her sanctuary.” The term מִקְדָּשָׁהּ (miqdashah, “her sanctuary”) refers to the temple. Anthropomorphically, translating as “her sacred place” would also allow for the rape imagery. |
| (0.37) | (Jer 51:28) | 1 tn See the first translator’s note on 51:27 and compare also 6:4 and the study note there. |
| (0.37) | (Jer 50:13) | 2 sn Cf. Jer 49:17 and the study note there; see also the study notes on 18:16 and 19:8. |
