23:6 Under his rule 1 Judah will enjoy safety 2
and Israel will live in security. 3
This is the name he will go by:
‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ 4
35:9 No lions will be there,
no ferocious wild animals will be on it 8 –
they will not be found there.
Those delivered from bondage will travel on it,
34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely 9 in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. 10 34:26 I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing. 11 34:27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them. 34:28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.
2:18 “At that time 14 I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals,
the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground.
I will abolish 15 the warrior’s bow and sword
– that is, every weapon of warfare 16 – from the land,
and I will allow them to live securely.” 17
4:3 He will arbitrate 18 between many peoples
and settle disputes between many 19 distant nations. 20
They will beat their swords into plowshares, 21
and their spears into pruning hooks. 22
Nations will not use weapons 23 against other nations,
and they will no longer train for war.
4:4 Each will sit under his own grapevine
or under his own fig tree without any fear. 24
The Lord who commands armies has decreed it. 25
3:15 The Lord has removed the judgment against you; 26
he has turned back your enemy.
Israel’s king, the Lord, is in your midst!
You no longer need to fear disaster.
8:7 “The Lord who rules over all asserts, ‘I am about to save my people from the lands of the east and the west. 8:8 And I will bring them to settle within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, 32 in truth and righteousness.’
1 tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”
2 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’).
3 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.
4 tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The
5 tn For the translation of this term in this context see the parallel context in 23:6 and consult the translator’s note there.
6 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
7 tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The
8 tn Heb “will go up on it”; TEV “will pass that way.”
9 tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).
10 sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).
11 tn Heb “showers of blessing.” Abundant rain, which in turn produces fruit and crops (v. 27), is a covenantal blessing for obedience (Lev 26:4).
12 tn Heb “go up against.”
13 tn Heb “come (to).”
14 tn Heb “And in that day” (so KJV, ASV).
15 tn Heb “I will break”; NAB “I will destroy”; NCV “I will smash”; NLT “I will remove.”
16 tn Heb “bow and sword and warfare.” The first two terms in the triad וְקֶשֶׁת וְחֶרֶב וּמִלְחָמָה (vÿqeshet vÿkherev umilkhamah, literally, “bow and sword and warfare”) are examples of synecdoche of specific (bow and sword) for general (weapons of war, so CEV). However, they might be examples of metonymy (bow and sword) of association (warfare).
17 tn Heb “and I will cause them to lie down in safety.” The causative nuance (“will make them”) is retained in several English versions (e.g., KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).
18 tn Or “judge.”
19 tn Or “mighty” (NASB); KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV “strong”; TEV “among the great powers.”
20 tn Heb “[for many nations] to a distance.”
21 sn Instead of referring to the large plow as a whole, the plowshare is simply the metal tip which actually breaks the earth and cuts the furrow.
22 sn This implement was used to prune the vines, i.e., to cut off extra leaves and young shoots (M. Klingbeil, NIDOTTE 1:1117-18). It was a short knife with a curved hook at the end sharpened on the inside like a sickle.
23 tn Heb “take up the sword.”
24 tn Heb “and there will be no one making [him] afraid.”
25 tn Heb “for the mouth of the
26 tn Heb “your judgments,” that is, “the judgments directed against you.” The translation reflects the implications of the parallelism.
27 sn That is, to Zechariah.
28 tn Heb “Jerusalem will dwell as open regions (פְּרָזוֹת, pÿrazot)”; cf. NAB “in open country”; CEV “won’t have any boundaries.” The population will be so large as to spill beyond the ancient and normal enclosures. The people need not fear, however, for the
29 tn Heb “her”; the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
30 tn Heb “under the vine and under the fig tree,” with the Hebrew article used twice as a possessive pronoun (cf. NASB “his”). Some English translations render this as second person rather than third (NRSV “your vine”; cf. also NAB, NCV, TEV).
31 sn The references to longevity and to children living and playing in peace are eschatological in tone. Elsewhere the millennial kingdom is characterized in a similar manner (cf. Isa 65:20; Jer 31:12-13).
32 sn The affirmation They will be my people, and I will be their God speaks of covenant renewal, a restoration of the unbroken fellowship the