26:1 At that time 4 this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We have a strong city!
The Lord’s 5 deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure. 6
23:5 “I, the Lord, promise 7 that a new time will certainly come 8
when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, 9 a descendant of David.
He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding 10
and will do what is just and right in the land. 11
23:6 Under his rule 12 Judah will enjoy safety 13
and Israel will live in security. 14
This is the name he will go by:
‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ 15
“‘He will do what is just and right in the land. 33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety 17 and Jerusalem 18 will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.” 19
34:23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them – namely, my servant David. 20 He will feed them and will be their shepherd. 34:24 I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince 21 among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!
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 22 in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. 23 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. 24 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. 34:29 I will prepare for them a healthy 25 planting. They will no longer be victims 26 of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.
1 sn That is, to Zechariah.
2 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
3 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
4 tn Heb “In that day” (so KJV).
5 tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “deliverance he makes walls and a rampart.”
7 tn Heb “Oracle of the
8 tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”
9 tn Heb “a righteous sprig to David” or “a righteous shoot” (NAB).
10 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).
11 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).
12 tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”
13 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’).
14 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.
15 tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The
16 tn Heb “sprig” or “shoot.”
17 tn For the translation of this term in this context see the parallel context in 23:6 and consult the translator’s note there.
18 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
19 tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The
20 sn The messianic king is here called “David” (see Jer 30:9 and Hos 3:5, as well as Isa 11:1 and Mic 5:2) because he will fulfill the Davidic royal ideal depicted in the prophets and royal psalms (see Ps 2, 89).
21 sn The messianic king (“David”) is called both “king” and “prince” in 37:24-25. The use of the term “prince” for this king facilitates the contrast between this ideal ruler and the Davidic “princes” denounced in earlier prophecies (see 7:27; 12:10, 12; 19:1; 21:25; 22:6, 25).
22 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).
23 sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).
24 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).
25 tc The MT reads לְשֵׁם (lÿshem, “for a name”), meaning perhaps a renowned planting (place). The translation takes this to be a metathesis of שָׁלֹם (shalom) as was read by the LXX.
26 tn Heb “those gathered” for famine.