Discovery BoxJob 39:29-30
Context39:29 From there it spots 1 its prey, 2
its eyes gaze intently from a distance.
39:30 And its young ones devour the blood,
and where the dead carcasses 3 are,
there it is.”
Daniel 9:26-27
Context9:26 Now after the sixty-two weeks,
an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. 4
As for the city and the sanctuary,
the people of the coming prince will destroy 5 them.
But his end will come speedily 6 like a flood. 7
Until the end of the war that has been decreed
there will be destruction.
9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. 8
But in the middle of that week
he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt.
On the wing 9 of abominations will come 10 one who destroys,
until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys.”
Amos 9:1-4
Context9:1 I saw the sovereign One 11 standing by the altar 12 and he said, “Strike the tops of the support pillars, 13 so the thresholds shake!
Knock them down on the heads of all the people, 14
and I will kill the survivors 15 with the sword.
No one will be able to run away; 16
no one will be able to escape. 17
9:2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, 18
my hand would pull them up from there.
Even if they could climb up to heaven,
I would drag them down from there.
9:3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel,
I would hunt them down and take them from there.
Even if they tried to hide from me 19 at the bottom of the sea,
from there 20 I would command the Sea Serpent 21 to bite them.
9:4 Even when their enemies drive them into captivity, 22
from there 23 I will command the sword to kill them.
I will not let them out of my sight;
they will experience disaster, not prosperity.” 24
Zechariah 13:8-9
Context13:8 It will happen in all the land, says the Lord,
that two-thirds of the people 25 in it will be cut off and die,
but one-third will be left in it. 26
13:9 Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire;
I will refine them like silver is refined
and will test them like gold is tested.
They will call on my name and I will answer;
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’” 27
Zechariah 14:2
Context14:2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem 28 to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away. 29
Matthew 24:28
Context24:28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures 30 will gather. 31
Matthew 24:1
Context24:1 Now 32 as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings. 33
Matthew 2:16
Context2:16 When Herod 34 saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men 35 to kill all the children in Bethlehem 36 and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
Revelation 19:17-18
Context19:17 Then 37 I saw one angel standing in 38 the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: 39
“Come, gather around for the great banquet 40 of God,
19:18 to eat 41 your fill 42 of the flesh of kings,
the flesh of generals, 43
the flesh of powerful people,
the flesh of horses and those who ride them,
and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, 44
and small and great!”
[39:29] 1 tn The word means “search,” but can be used for a wide range of matters, including spying.
[39:30] 3 tn The word חֲלָלִים (khalalim) designates someone who is fatally wounded, literally the “pierced one,” meaning anyone or thing that dies a violent death.
[9:26] 4 sn The expression have nothing is difficult. Presumably it refers to an absence of support or assistance for the anointed one at the time of his “cutting off.” The KJV rendering “but not for himself,” apparently suggesting a vicarious death, cannot be defended.
[9:26] 5 tc Some witnesses (e.g., the Syriac) understand a passive verb and the preposition עִם (’im, “with) rather than the noun עַם (’am, “people”), thus reading “the city and the sanctuary will be destroyed with the coming prince.”
[9:26] 6 tn The words “will come speedily” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.
[9:26] 7 sn Flood here is a metaphor for sudden destruction.
[9:27] 8 tn Heb “one seven” (also later in this line).
[9:27] 9 tn The referent of the Hebrew word כְּנַף (kÿnaf, “wing”) is unclear here. The LXX and Theodotion have “the temple.” Some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV) take this to mean “a wing of the temple,” but this is not clear.
[9:27] 10 tn The Hebrew text does not have this verb, but it has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
[9:1] 11 tn Or “the Lord.” The Hebrew term translated “sovereign One” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
[9:1] 12 sn The altar is perhaps the altar at Bethel.
[9:1] 13 tn Or “the capitals.” The Hebrew singular form is collective.
[9:1] 14 tn Heb “cut them off on the head of all of them.” The translation assumes the objective suffix on the verb refers to the tops of the pillars and that the following prepositional phrase refers to the people standing beneath. Another option is to take this phrase as referring to the pillars, in which case one could translate, “Knock all the tops of the pillars off.”
[9:1] 15 tn Heb “the remnant of them.” One could possibly translate, “every last one of them” (cf. NEB “to the last man”). This probably refers to those who survive the collapse of the temple, which may symbolize the northern kingdom.
[9:1] 16 tn Heb “a fugitive belonging to them will not run away.”
[9:1] 17 tn Heb “a survivor belonging to them will not escape.”
[9:2] 18 tn Heb “into Sheol” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV), that is, the land of the dead localized in Hebrew thought in the earth’s core or the grave. Cf. KJV “hell”; NCV, NLT “the place of the dead”; NIV “the depths of the grave.”
[9:3] 19 tn Heb “from before my eyes.”
[9:3] 20 tn Or perhaps simply, “there,” if the מ (mem) prefixed to the adverb is dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem).
[9:3] 21 sn If the article indicates a definite serpent, then the mythological Sea Serpent, symbolic of the world’s chaotic forces, is probably in view. See Job 26:13 and Isa 27:1 (where it is also called Leviathan). Elsewhere in the OT this serpent is depicted as opposing the
[9:4] 22 tn Heb “Even if they go into captivity before their enemies.”
[9:4] 23 tn Or perhaps simply, “there,” if the מ (mem) prefixed to the adverb is dittographic (note the preceding word ends in mem).
[9:4] 24 tn Heb “I will set my eye on them for disaster, not good.”
[13:8] 25 tn The words “of the people” are supplied in the translation for clarity (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).
[13:8] 26 sn The fractions mentioned here call to mind the affliction of God’s people described by Ezekiel, though Ezekiel referred to his own times whereas Zechariah is looking forward to a future eschatological age. Ezekiel spoke of cutting his hair at God’s command (Ezek 5:1-4) and then of burning a third of it, striking a third with a sword, and scattering the rest. From this last third a few hairs would survive to become the nucleus of a new Israel. It is this “third” Zechariah speaks of (v. 9), the remnant who will be purified and reclaimed as God’s covenant people.
[13:9] 27 sn The expression I will say ‘It is my people,’ and they will say ‘the
[14:2] 28 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[14:2] 29 tn Heb “not be cut off from the city” (so NRSV); NAB “not be removed.”
[24:28] 30 tn The same Greek term can refer to “eagles” or “vultures” (L&N 4.42; BDAG 22 s.v. ἀετός), but in this context it must mean vultures because the gruesome image is one of dead bodies being consumed by scavengers.
[24:28] 31 tn Grk “will be gathered.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in English.
[24:1] 32 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
[24:1] 33 sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.
[2:16] 34 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.
[2:16] 36 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
[19:17] 37 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
[19:17] 38 tn The precise significance of ἐν (en) here is difficult to determine.
[19:17] 39 tn On μεσουρανήματι (mesouranhmati) here see L&N 1.10: “high in the sky, midpoint in the sky, directly overhead, straight above in the sky.” The birds mentioned here are carrion birds like vultures, circling high overhead, and now being summoned to feast on the corpses.
[19:17] 40 tn This is the same Greek word (δεῖπνον, deipnon) used in 19:9.
[19:18] 41 tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause, insofar as it is related to the first imperative, has the force of an imperative.
[19:18] 42 tn The idea of eating “your fill” is evident in the context with the use of χορτάζω (cortazw) in v. 21.
[19:18] 43 tn Grk “chiliarchs”; normally a chiliarch was a military officer commanding a thousand soldiers, but here probably used of higher-ranking commanders like generals (see L&N 55.15; cf. Rev 6:15).
