Jeremiah 37:20
ContextNETBible | But now please listen, your royal Majesty, 1 and grant my plea for mercy. 2 Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there.” 3 |
XREF | Jer 26:15; Jer 36:7; Jer 38:6-9; Ac 23:16-22; Ac 25:10,11; Ac 28:18,19 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “My lord, the king.” 2 tn Heb “let my plea for mercy fall before you.” I.e., let it come before you and be favorably received (= granted; by metonymical extension). 3 tn Or “So that I will not die there,” or “or I will die there”; Heb “and I will not die there.” The particle that introduces this clause (וְלֹא) regularly introduces negative purpose clauses after the volitive sequence (אַל [’al] + jussive here) according to GKC 323 §109.g. However, purpose and result clauses in Hebrew (and Greek) are often indistinguishable. Here the clause is more in the nature of a negative result. |