10:3 Very soon they will say, “We have no king
since we did not fear the Lord.
But what can a king do for us anyway?”
49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, 1
until he comes to whom it belongs; 2
the nations will obey him. 3
15:5 The Lord cried out, 5
“Who in the world 6 will have pity on you, Jerusalem?
Who will grieve over you?
Who will stop long enough 7
to inquire about how you are doing? 8
19:15 Then they 9 shouted out, “Away with him! Away with him! 10 Crucify 11 him!” Pilate asked, 12 “Shall I crucify your king?” The high priests replied, “We have no king except Caesar!”
1 tn Or perhaps “from his descendants,” taking the expression “from between his feet” as a euphemism referring to the genitals. In this case the phrase refers by metonymy to those who come forth from his genitals, i.e., his descendants.
2 tn The Hebrew form שִׁילֹה (shiloh) is a major interpretive problem. There are at least four major options (with many variations and less likely alternatives): (1) Some prefer to leave the text as it is, reading “Shiloh” and understanding it as the place where the ark rested for a while in the time of the Judges. (2) By repointing the text others arrive at the translation “until the [or “his”] ruler comes,” a reference to a Davidic ruler or the Messiah. (3) Another possibility that does not require emendation of the consonantal text, but only repointing, is “until tribute is brought to him” (so NEB, JPS, NRSV), which has the advantage of providing good parallelism with the following line, “the nations will obey him.” (4) The interpretation followed in the present translation, “to whom it [belongs]” (so RSV, NIV, REB), is based on the ancient versions. Again, this would refer to the Davidic dynasty or, ultimately, to the Messiah.
3 tn “and to him [will be] the obedience of the nations.” For discussion of this verse see J. Blenkinsopp, “The Oracle of Judah and the Messianic Entry,” JBL 80 (1961): 55-64; and E. M. Good, “The ‘Blessing’ on Judah,” JBL 82 (1963): 427-32.
4 tn The length of this sentence runs contrary to the normal policy followed in the translation of breaking up long sentences. However, there does not seem any way to break it up here without losing the connections.
5 tn The words “The
6 tn The words, “in the world” are not in the text but are the translator’s way of trying to indicate that this rhetorical question expects a negative answer.
7 tn Heb “turn aside.”
8 tn Or “about your well-being”; Heb “about your welfare” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).
9 tn Grk “Then these.”
10 tn The words “with him” (twice) are not in the Greek text. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
11 sn See the note on Crucify in 19:6.
12 tn Grk “Pilate said to them.” The words “to them” are not translated because it is clear in English who Pilate is addressing.