16:49 “‘See here – this was the iniquity 2 of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help 3 the poor and needy.
1 tn Heb “Chaldea.” The name of the tribal group ruling Babylon (“Chaldeans”) and the territory from which they originated (“Chaldea”) is used as metonymy for the whole empire of Babylon.
1 tn Or “guilt.”
2 tn Heb “strengthen the hand of.”