Discovery Box| (0.35) | (Zep 2:3) | 1 tn Heb “seek the Lord,” but “favor” seems to be implied from the final line of the verse. |
| (0.35) | (Hab 2:2) | 1 tn Heb “the Lord answered and said.” The redundant expression “answered and said” has been simplified in the translation as “responded.” |
| (0.35) | (Mic 6:9) | 1 tn Or “the voice of the Lord is calling.” The translation understands קוֹל (qol, “voice”) as equivalent to an imperative. |
| (0.35) | (Mic 3:8) | 1 sn The prophet Micah speaks here and contrasts himself with the mercenaries just denounced by the Lord in the preceding verses. |
| (0.35) | (Mic 3:11) | 4 tn Heb “Is not the Lord in our midst?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course he is!” |
| (0.35) | (Amo 8:11) | 3 tn Heb “not a hunger for food or a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord.” |
| (0.35) | (Amo 1:2) | 2 sn The Lord, in his role of warrior-king, is compared to a lion. See 3:4, 8. |
| (0.35) | (Hos 3:1) | 6 tn Heb “like the love of the Lord.” The genitive after the construct functions as a subjective genitive. |
| (0.35) | (Hos 1:2) | 3 tn Heb “the Lord.” This is redundant in English, so the pronoun has been used in the translation (cf. TEV, NLT). |
| (0.35) | (Dan 9:4) | 1 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here and in vv. 7, 9, 15, 16, and 19 is אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay). |
| (0.35) | (Eze 33:22) | 1 tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions. |
| (0.35) | (Eze 13:6) | 2 sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14 and 23:21. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 32:42) | 1 tn Heb “For thus says the Lord.” See the translator’s notes on 32:27, 36. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 32:25) | 3 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” For the rendering of this title see the study note on 1:6. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 32:17) | 1 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” For an explanation of the rendering here see the study note on 1:6. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 23:16) | 3 tn Heb “They tell of a vision of their own heart [= mind] not from the mouth of the Lord.” |
| (0.35) | (Jer 23:9) | 5 sn The way the Lord and his word are being treated is clarified in the verses that follow. |
| (0.35) | (Jer 21:2) | 3 tn Heb “Perhaps the Lord will do according to his miracles that he may go up from against us.” |
| (0.35) | (Jer 16:15) | 1 tn These two verses, which constitute one long sentence with compound, complex subordinations, has been broken up for sake of English style. It reads, “Therefore, behold the days are coming,” says the Lord [Heb ‘oracle of the Lord’], “and it will not be said any longer, ‘By the life of the Lord who…Egypt,’ but, ‘by the life of the Lord who…,’ and I will bring them back….” |
| (0.35) | (Jer 15:20) | 1 sn See 1:18. The Lord renews his promise of protection and reiterates his call to Jeremiah. |
