32:22 For a fire has been kindled by my anger,
and it burns to lowest Sheol; 1
it consumes the earth and its produce,
and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
32:2 My teaching will drop like the rain,
my sayings will drip like the dew, 2
as rain drops upon the grass,
and showers upon new growth.
22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail 3 around your roof to avoid being culpable 4 in the event someone should fall from it.
104:5 He established the earth on its foundations;
it will never be upended.
8:29 when he gave the sea his decree
that the waters should not pass over his command, 6
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
31:37 The Lord says, “I will not reject all the descendants of Israel
because of all that they have done. 7
That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured
or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,” 8
says the Lord. 9
1 tn Or “to the lowest depths of the earth”; cf. NAB “to the depths of the nether world”; NIV “to the realm of death below”; NLT “to the depths of the grave.”
2 tn Or “mist,” “light drizzle.” In some contexts the term appears to refer to light rain, rather than dew.
3 tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”
4 tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”
5 tn Heb “hated.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.
6 tn Heb “his mouth.”
7 sn This answers Jeremiah’s question in 14:19.
8 tn Heb “If the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below be explored, then also I could reject all the seed of Israel for all they have done.”
9 tn Heb “Oracle of the