18:1 The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, 3
the one beyond the rivers of Cush,
18:1 The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, 4
the one beyond the rivers of Cush,
19:2 “I will provoke civil strife in Egypt, 5
brothers will fight with each other,
as will neighbors,
cities, and kingdoms. 6
1 tn Heb “elders of the priests” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NCV “the older priests”; NRSV, TEV, CEV “the senior priests.”
2 tn Heb “elders of the priests” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NCV “the older priests”; NRSV, TEV, CEV “the senior priests.”
3 tn Heb “Woe [to] the land of buzzing wings.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.
4 tn Heb “Woe [to] the land of buzzing wings.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.
5 tn Heb I will provoke Egypt against Egypt” (NAB similar).
6 tn Heb “and they will fight, a man against his brother, and a man against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.” Civil strife will extend all the way from the domestic level to the provincial arena.