Jeremiah 14:7
ContextNETBible | Then I said, 1 “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name 2 even though our sins speak out against us. 3 Indeed, 4 we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you. |
XREF | De 32:27; Jos 7:9; Ezr 9:6,7,15; Ne 9:33,34; Ps 25:11; Ps 115:1; Isa 59:12; Jer 2:19; Jer 3:6; Jer 5:6; Jer 14:20,21; Eze 20:9,14,22; Da 9:5-16; Da 9:9,18,19; Ho 5:5; Ho 7:10; Eph 1:6,12 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The words “Then I said” are not in the text. However, it cannot be a continuation of the 2 tn Heb “Act for the sake of your name.” The usage of “act” in this absolute, unqualified sense cf. BDB 794 s.v. עָוֹשָׂה Qal.I.r and compare the usage, e.g., in 1 Kgs 8:32 and 39. For the nuance of “for the sake of your name” compare the usage in Isa 48:9 and Ezek 20:9, 14. 3 tn Or “bear witness against us,” or “can be used as evidence against us,” to keep the legal metaphor. Heb “testify against.” 4 tn The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) can scarcely be causal here; it is either intensive (BDB 472 s.v. כִּי 1.e) or concessive (BDB 473 s.v. כִּי 2.c). The parallel usage in Gen 18:20 argues for the intensive force as does the fact that the concessive has already been expressed by אִם (’im). |