Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Jer 12:13) | 3 tn Heb “be disappointed in their harvests from the fierce anger of the Lord.” The translation makes explicit what is implicit in the elliptical poetry of the Hebrew original. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 12:5) | 1 tn The words “The Lord answered” are not in the text but are implicit from the context. They are supplied in the translation for clarity. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 11:11) | 1 tn Heb “Therefore, thus, says the Lord.” The person has been shifted in the translation in accordance with the difference between Hebrew and English style. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 9:3) | 1 tn The words “The Lord says” have been moved up from the end of the verse to make clear that a change in speaker has occurred. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 7:20) | 1 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” The translation follows the ancient Jewish tradition of substituting the Hebrew word for God for the proper name Yahweh. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 6:16) | 3 tn Heb “the ancient path,” i.e., the path the Lord set out in ancient times (cf. Deut 32:7). |
| (0.30) | (Jer 5:20) | 1 sn The verbs are second plural here. Jeremiah, speaking for the Lord, addresses his people, calling on them to make the message further known. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 5:2) | 1 tn Heb “Though they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives.’” The idea of “swear on oath” comes from the second line. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 4:10) | 2 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” The translation follows the ancient Jewish tradition of substituting the Hebrew word for God for the proper name Yahweh. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 2:7) | 4 sn The land belonged to the Lord; it was given to the Israelites in trust (or usufruct) as their heritage. See Lev 25:23. |
| (0.30) | (Jer 1:2) | 2 tn Heb “that which was the Lord’s message to him,” also at 14:1: 46:1; 47:1; 49:34. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 65:18) | 2 tn Heb “Jerusalem, joy.” The next verse suggests the meaning: The Lord will create Jerusalem to be a source of joy to himself. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 59:19) | 5 tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28). |
| (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 53:11) | 2 sn The song ends as it began (cf. 52:13-15), with the Lord announcing the servant’s vindication and exaltation. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 51:9) | 1 tn The arm of the Lord is a symbol of divine military power. Here it is personified and told to arouse itself from sleep and prepare for action. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 45:10) | 3 sn Verses 9-10 may allude to the exiles’ criticism that the Lord does not appear to know what he is doing. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 42:14) | 2 sn The imagery depicts the Lord as a warrior who is eager to fight and can no longer hold himself back from the attack. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 41:1) | 2 tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) could be translated “judgment,” but here it seems to refer to the dispute or debate between the Lord and the nations. |
| (0.30) | (Isa 40:16) | 2 sn The point is that not even the Lebanon forest could supply enough wood and animals for an adequate sacrifice to the Lord. |
