16:53 “‘I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters (along with your fortunes among them),
23:35 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, 9 you must bear now the punishment 10 for your obscene conduct and prostitution.”
23:36 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment 11 on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!
34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. 13 He will feed them and will be their shepherd.
39:21 “I will display my majesty 14 among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited 15 among them.
43:10 “As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.
44:24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges; 16 they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe 17 my Sabbaths.
1 tn Or “Babylonians” (NCV, NLT).
2 sn He will not see it. This prediction was fulfilled in 2 Kgs 25:7 and Jer 52:11, which recount how Zedekiah was blinded before being deported to Babylon.
3 sn There he will die. This was fulfilled when King Zedekiah died in exile (Jer 52:11).
4 tn Heb “treated as if abominable,” i.e., repudiated.
5 tn The only other occurrence of the Hebrew root is found in Prov 13:3 in reference to the talkative person who habitually “opens wide” his lips.
7 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
8 sn Though the Pentateuch does not seem to know of this episode, Ps 106:26-27 may speak of God’s oath to exile the people before they had entered Canaan.
10 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
13 tn Heb “and you cast me behind your back.” The expression pictures her rejection of the Lord (see 1 Kgs 14:9).
14 tn The word “punishment” is not in the Hebrew text but is demanded by the context.
16 tn Heb “will you judge.” Here the imperfect form of the verb is probably used with a desiderative nuance. Addressed to the prophet, “judge” means to warn of or pronounce God’s impending judgment. See 20:4; 22:2.
19 tn Heb “him”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
22 sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89).
25 tn Or “my glory.”
26 tn Heb “my hand which I have placed.”
28 sn For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11.
29 tn Heb “sanctify, set apart.”