15:19 Because of this, the Lord said, 1
“You must repent of such words and thoughts!
If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. 2
If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless,
I will again allow you to be my spokesman. 3
They must become as you have been.
You must not become like them. 4
1 tn Heb “So the
2 tn Heb “If you return [ = repent], I will restore [more literally, ‘cause you to return’] that you may stand before me.” For the idiom of “standing before” in the sense of serving see BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד Qal.1.e and compare the usage in 1 Kgs 10:8; 12:8; 17:1; Deut 10:8.
3 tn Heb “you shall be as my mouth.”
4 tn Heb “They must turn/return to you and you must not turn/return to them.”