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 sn The name “Tel Abib” is a transliteration of an Akkadian term meaning “mound of the flood,” i.e., an ancient mound. It is not to be confused with the modern city of Tel Aviv in Israel.
2 tn Or “canal.”
3 sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.
4 tn Heb “place.”