1:16 Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; 1
shave your foreheads as bald 2 as an eagle, 3
for they are taken from you into exile.
7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob
and extend your loyal love to Abraham, 4
which you promised on oath to our ancestors 5
in ancient times. 6
1 tn Heb “over the sons of your delight.”
2 tn Heb “make wide your baldness.”
3 tn Or “a vulture” (cf. NIV, TEV); CEV “a buzzard.” The Hebrew term נֶשֶׁר (nesher) refers to the griffon vulture or eagle.
4 tn More literally, “You will extend loyalty to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham.
5 tn Heb “our fathers.” The Hebrew term refers here to more distant ancestors, not immediate parents.
6 tn Heb “which you swore [or, “pledged”] to our fathers from days of old.”