10:6 “I (says the Lord) will strengthen the kingdom 5 of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph 6 and will bring them back 7 because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and therefore I will hear them.
1 sn Note that here the angel of the
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3 sn The seventy years refers to the predicted period of Babylonian exile, a period with flexible beginning and ending points depending on the particular circumstances in view (cf. Jer 25:1; 28:1; 29:10; Dan 9:2). Here the end of the seventy years appears to be marked by the completion of the temple in 516
4 sn It is premature to understand the Spirit here as the Holy Spirit (the third Person of the Trinity), though the OT prepares the way for that NT revelation (cf. Gen 1:2; Exod 23:3; 31:3; Num 11:17-29; Judg 3:10; 6:34; 2 Kgs 2:9, 15, 16; Ezek 2:2; 3:12; 11:1, 5).
7 tn Heb “the house.”
8 tn Or “the kingdom of Israel”; Heb “the house of Joseph.”
9 tc The anomalous MT reading וְחוֹשְׁבוֹתִים (vÿkhoshÿvotim) should probably be וַהֲשִׁי בוֹתִם (vahashi votim), the Hiphil perfect consecutive of שׁוּב (shuv), “return” (cf. Jer 12:15).
10 sn Death (in this case being run…through with a sword) was the penalty required in the OT for prophesying falsely (Deut 13:6-11; 18:20-22).
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14 tn Heb “not be cut off from the city” (so NRSV); NAB “not be removed.”