16:59 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant.
17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him 3 for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!
17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city 4 of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die!
1 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something.
2 sn Heb “hand.” “Giving one’s hand” is a gesture of promise (2 Kgs 10:15).
1 tn Heb “place it on his head.”
1 tn Heb “place.”