60:18 Sounds of violence 1 will no longer be heard in your land,
or the sounds of 2 destruction and devastation within your borders.
You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’
and your gates, ‘Praise.’
23:5 “I, the Lord, promise 3 that a new time will certainly come 4
when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, 5 a descendant of David.
He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding 6
and will do what is just and right in the land. 7
23:6 Under his rule 8 Judah will enjoy safety 9
and Israel will live in security. 10
This is the name he will go by:
‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ 11
“‘He will do what is just and right in the land. 33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety 13 and Jerusalem 14 will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.” 15
1 tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “Oracle of the
4 tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”
5 tn Heb “a righteous sprig to David” or “a righteous shoot” (NAB).
6 tn Heb “he will reign as king and act wisely.” This is another example of the use of two verbs joined by “and” where one becomes the adverbial modifier of the other (hendiadys). For the nuance of the verb “act wisely” rather than “prosper” see Amos 5:13; Ps 2:10 (cf. BDB 968 s.v. שָׂכַל Hiph.5).
7 sn This has been the constant emphasis in this section. See 22:3 for the demand, 22:15 for its fulfillment, and 22:13 for its abuse. The ideal king would follow in the footsteps of his illustrious ancestor David (2 Sam 8:15) who set this forth as an ideal for his dynasty (2 Sam 23:3) and prayed for it to be true of his son Solomon (Ps 72:1-2).
8 tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”
9 tn Parallelism and context (cf. v. 4) suggest this nuance for the word often translated “be saved.” For this nuance elsewhere see Ps 119:117; Prov 28:18 for the verb (יָשַׁע [yasha’] in the Niphal); and Ps 12:6; Job 5:4, 11 for the related noun (יֶשַׁע, yesha’).
10 sn It should be noted that this brief oracle of deliverance implies the reunification of Israel and Judah under the future Davidic ruler. Jeremiah has already spoken about this reunification earlier in 3:18 and will have more to say about it in 30:3; 31:27, 31. This same ideal was espoused in the prophecies of Hosea (1:10-11 [2:1-2 HT]), Isaiah (11:1-4, 10-12), and Ezekiel (37:15-28) all of which have messianic and eschatological significance.
11 tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The
12 tn Heb “sprig” or “shoot.”
13 tn For the translation of this term in this context see the parallel context in 23:6 and consult the translator’s note there.
14 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
15 tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The
16 tn Heb “go up against.”
17 tn Heb “come (to).”