Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Hag 1:3) | 1 tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying.” Cf. the similar expression in v. 1 and the note there. |
| (0.30) | (Hab 2:13) | 1 tn Heb “Is it not, look, from the Lord of hosts that the nations work hard for fire, and the peoples are exhausted for nothing?” |
| (0.30) | (Hab 2:14) | 1 tn Heb “for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, just as the waters cover over the sea.” |
| (0.30) | (Mic 7:19) | 6 sn In this metaphor the Lord disposes of Israel’s sins by throwing them into the waters of the sea (here symbolic of chaos). |
| (0.30) | (Mic 7:19) | 2 tn The verb יָשׁוּב (yashuv, “he will return”) is here used adverbially in relation to the following verb, indicating that the Lord will again show mercy. |
| (0.30) | (Mic 7:15) | 2 sn I will show you miraculous deeds. In this verse the Lord responds to the petition of v. 14 with a brief promise of deliverance. |
| (0.30) | (Mic 7:12) | 2 tn The masculine pronominal suffix suggests the Lord is addressed. Some emend to a feminine form and take Jerusalem as the addressee. |
| (0.30) | (Mic 2:5) | 1 tn Heb “therefore you will not have one who strings out a measuring line by lot in the assembly of the Lord.” |
| (0.30) | (Jon 4:5) | 3 sn Apparently Jonah hoped that he might have persuaded the Lord to “change his mind” again (see 3:8-10) and to judge Nineveh after all. |
| (0.30) | (Jon 1:1) | 1 tn The Targum (Aramaic translation) of Jonah 1:1 interprets the Hebrew as, “There was a word of prophecy from the Lord” (cf. Tg. Hos 1:1). |
| (0.30) | (Oba 1:2) | 1 tn The introductory phrase “the Lord says” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation to clarify the identity of the speaker. |
| (0.30) | (Amo 5:17) | 1 sn The expression pass through your midst alludes to Exod 12:12, where the Lord announced he would “pass through” Egypt and bring death to the Egyptian firstborn. |
| (0.30) | (Amo 5:5) | 1 sn Ironically, Israel was to seek after the Lord, but not at Bethel (the name Bethel means “the house of God” in Hebrew). |
| (0.30) | (Amo 4:2) | 1 sn The message that follows is an unconditional oath, the fulfillment of which is just as certain as the Lord’s own holy character. |
| (0.30) | (Amo 1:5) | 6 sn According to Amos 9:7, the Arameans originally came from Kir. The Lord threatens to reverse their history and send them back there. |
| (0.30) | (Joe 2:20) | 5 tn The Hebrew text does not have “the Lord.” Two interpretations are possible. This clause may refer to the enemy described in the immediately preceding verses, in which case it would have a negative sense: “he has acted in a high-handed manner.” Or it may refer to the Lord, in which case it would have a positive sense: “the Lord has acted in a marvelous manner.” This is clearly the sense of the same expression in v. 21, where in fact “the Lord” appears as the subject of the verb. It seems best to understand the clause the same way in both verses. |
| (0.30) | (Hos 1:9) | 1 tn Heb “Then he said”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity. As in v. 6, many English versions specify the speaker here. |
| (0.30) | (Eze 23:35) | 1 tn Heb “and you cast me behind your back.” The expression pictures her rejection of the Lord (see 1 Kgs 14:9). |
| (0.30) | (Eze 6:3) | 2 tn The introductory formula “Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord” parallels a pronouncement delivered by the herald of a king (2 Kgs 18:28). |
| (0.30) | (Lam 1:18) | 1 tn Heb “The Lord himself is right.” The phrase “to judge me” is not in the Hebrew but is added in the translation to clarify the expression. |
