“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.
2:15 From there I will give back her vineyards to her,
and turn the “Valley of Trouble” 2 into an “Opportunity 3 for Hope.”
There she will sing as she did when she was young, 4
when 5 she came up from the land of Egypt.
1 tn Or perhaps “Large merchant ships.” The expression “ships of Tarshish” may describe a class of vessel, that is, large oceangoing merchant ships.
2 tn Heb “Valley of Achor,” so named because of the unfortunate incident recorded in Josh 7:1-26 (the name is explained in v. 26; the Hebrew term Achor means “disaster” or “trouble”). Cf. TEV, CEV “Trouble Valley.”
3 tn Heb “door” or “doorway”; cf. NLT “gateway.” Unlike the days of Joshua, when Achan’s sin jeopardized Israel’s mission and cast a dark shadow over the nation, Israel’s future return to the land will be marked by renewed hope.
4 tn Heb “as in the days of her youth” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
5 tn Heb “as in the day when” (so KJV, NASB).