16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet 1 visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 16:8 Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you! 16:9 Certainly 2 the Lord watches the whole earth carefully 3 and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. 4 You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.
13:18 The Lord told me, 9
“Tell the king and the queen mother,
‘Surrender your thrones, 10
for your glorious crowns
will be removed 11 from your heads. 12
1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, 19 whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.
2:11 But when Cephas 20 came to Antioch, 21 I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong. 22
1 tn Heb “the seer.”
2 tn Or “for.”
3 tn Heb “the eyes of the
4 tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”
5 tn Or “seer.”
6 tn Heb “went out to his face.”
7 tn Heb “and love those who hate the
8 tn Heb “and because of this upon you is anger from before the
9 tn The words “The
10 tn Or “You will come down from your thrones”; Heb “Make low! Sit!” This is a case of a construction where two forms in the same case, mood, or tense are joined in such a way that one (usually the first) is intended as an adverbial or adjectival modifier of the other (a figure called hendiadys). This is also probably a case where the imperative is used to express a distinct assurance or promise. See GKC 324 §110.b and compare the usage in Isa 37:30 and Ps 110:2.
11 tn Heb “have come down.” The verb here and those in the following verses are further examples of the “as good as done” form of the Hebrew verb (the prophetic perfect).
12 tc The translation follows the common emendation of a word normally meaning “place at the head” (מַרְאֲשׁוֹת [mar’ashot] plus pronoun = מַרְאֲוֹשׁתֵיכֶם [mar’aoshtekhem]) to “from your heads” (מֵרָאשֵׁיכֶם, mera’shekhem) following the ancient versions. The meaning “tiara” is nowhere else attested for this word.
13 sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of courts and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts.
14 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
15 sn Judaism had a similar exhortation in 4 Macc 13:14-15.
16 sn See the note on the word hell in 5:22.
17 tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.
18 sn This marriage of Herod to his brother Philip’s wife was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.
19 tn BDAG 579 s.v. κυριότης 3 suggests “bearers of the ruling powers, dominions” here.
20 sn Cephas. This individual is generally identified with the Apostle Peter (L&N 93.211).
21 map For location see JP1-F2; JP2-F2; JP3-F2; JP4-F2.
22 tn Grk “because he stood condemned.”