Discovery Box| (0.13) | (Eze 33:22) | 4 sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26). |
| (0.13) | (Eze 28:6) | 1 tn Heb “because of your making your heart like the heart of gods.” |
| (0.13) | (Eze 8:10) | 2 tn Heb “detestable.” The word is often used to describe the figures of foreign gods. |
| (0.13) | (Eze 1:3) | 1 sn The prophet’s name, Ezekiel, means in Hebrew “May God strengthen.” |
| (0.13) | (Jer 44:4) | 2 sn This refers to the worship of other gods mentioned in the previous verse. |
| (0.13) | (Jer 26:18) | 3 sn For an explanation of this title for God, see the study note on 2:19. |
| (0.13) | (Jer 25:32) | 2 tn The words “of military destruction” have been supplied in the translation to make the metaphor clear. The metaphor has shifted from that of God as a lion, to God as a warrior, to God as a judge, to God as the author of the storm winds of destruction. |
| (0.13) | (Jer 20:12) | 1 sn See the study note on 2:19 for explanation of this title for God. |
| (0.13) | (Jer 15:16) | 3 tn Heb “Lord God of Armies.” See the translator’s note at 2:19. |
| (0.13) | (Jer 12:10) | 2 sn The figures of Israel as God’s vine and the land as God’s vineyard are found several times in the Bible. The best known of these is the extended metaphor in Isa 5:1-7. This figure also appears in Jer 2:20. |
| (0.13) | (Jer 10:14) | 2 tn Or “nothing but a phony god”; Heb “a lie/falsehood.” |
| (0.13) | (Jer 5:14) | 2 tn Heb “The Lord God of Armies.” See the translator’s note at 2:19. |
| (0.13) | (Jer 3:23) | 2 tn Heb “Truly in the Lord our God is deliverance for Israel.” |
| (0.13) | (Jer 3:13) | 3 tn Heb “scattered your ways with foreign [gods]” or “spread out your breasts to strangers.” |
| (0.13) | (Jer 2:24) | 2 sn The metaphor is intended to depict Israel’s irrepressible desire to worship other gods. |
| (0.13) | (Isa 58:8) | 3 tn Or “righteousness.” Their godly behavior will be on display for all to see. |
| (0.13) | (Isa 49:4) | 3 tn Heb “But my justice is with the Lord, and my reward [or “wage”] with my God.” |
| (0.13) | (Isa 46:1) | 2 sn Nebo is a variation of the name of the Babylonian god Nabu. |
| (0.13) | (Isa 45:14) | 6 tn Or perhaps, “among.” Cf. KJV, ASV “Surely God is in thee.” |
| (0.13) | (Isa 41:21) | 2 sn Apparently this challenge is addressed to the pagan idol gods, see vv. 23-24. |
