Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Jer 11:16) | 2 tn The verb form used here is another example of a verb expressing that the action is as good as done (the Hebrew prophetic perfect). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 11:7) | 1 tn Heb “warned them…saying, ‘Obey me.’” However, it allows the long sentence to be broken up easier if the indirect quote is used. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 10:13) | 1 tn Heb “At the voice of his giving.” The idiom “to give the voice” is often used for thunder (cf. BDB 679 s.v. נָתַן Qal.1.x). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 4:30) | 4 tn Heb “enlarging your eyes with antimony.” Antimony was a black powder used by women as eyeliner to make their eyes look larger. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 1:10) | 1 tn Heb “See!” The Hebrew imperative of the verb used here (רָאָה, raʾah) functions the same as the particle in v. 9. See the translator’s note there. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 58:14) | 1 tn For a parallel use of the phrase “find joy in” (Hitpael of עָנַג [ʿanag] followed by the preposition עַל [ʿal]), see Ps 37:4. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 55:13) | 1 tn Heb “to the Lord for a name.” For שֵׁם (shem) used in the sense of “monument,” see also 56:5, where it stands parallel to יָד (yad). |
| (0.30) | (Isa 54:14) | 2 tn Heb “Be far from oppression!” The imperative is used here in a rhetorical manner to express certainty and assurance. See GKC 324 §110.c. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 53:9) | 1 tn Heb “one assigned his grave with criminals.” The subject of the singular is impersonal; English typically uses “they” in such constructions. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 47:9) | 4 sn Reference is made to incantations and amulets, both of which were important in Mesopotamian religion. They were used to ward off danger and demons. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 45:5) | 1 tn Heb “and there is none besides.” On the use of עוֹד (ʿod) here, see BDB 729 s.v. 1.c. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 42:4) | 1 tn For rhetorical effect the terms used to describe the “crushed (רָצַץ, ratsats) reed” and “dim (כָּהָה, kahah) wick” in v. 3 are repeated here. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 39:8) | 2 tn Heb “and he said.” The verb אָמַר (ʾamar, “say”) is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself). |
| (0.30) | (Isa 38:20) | 1 tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 29:16) | 2 tn The expected answer to this rhetorical question is: “Of course not.” On the interrogative use of אִם (ʾim), see BDB 50 s.v. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 26:4) | 1 tn Or “forevermore.” For other uses of the phrase עֲדֵי־עַד (ʿade ʿad) see Isa 65:18 and Pss 83:17; 92:7. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 24:6) | 2 tn The verb אָשַׁם (ʾasham, “be guilty”) is here used metonymically to mean “pay, suffer for one’s guilt” (see HALOT 95 s.v. אשׁם). |
| (0.30) | (Isa 22:3) | 3 tn Heb “apart from [i.e., without] a bow they were captured”; cf. NAB, NRSV “without the use of a bow.” |
| (0.30) | (Isa 19:19) | 1 tn This word is sometimes used of a sacred pillar associated with pagan worship, but here it is associated with the worship of the Lord. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 14:19) | 4 tn בּוֹר (bor) literally means “cistern”; cisterns were constructed from stones. On the metaphorical use of “cistern” for the underworld, see the note at v. 15. |
