Discovery Box1 Kings 22:8
Context22:8 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. 1 But I despise 2 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 3 Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”
1 Kings 22:18
Context22:18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?”
1 Kings 22:2
Context22:2 In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit 4 the king of Israel.
1 Kings 16:9-10
Context16:9 His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily 5 at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah, 16:10 Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king. 6
1 Kings 1:20-22
Context1:20 Now, 7 my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. 8 1:21 If a decision is not made, 9 when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, 10 my son Solomon and I 11 will be considered state criminals.” 12
1:22 Just then, 13 while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
1 Kings 1:15-16
Context1:15 So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. 14 (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.) 1:16 Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before 15 the king. The king said, “What do you want?”
Isaiah 28:12
Context28:12 In the past he said to them, 16
“This is where security can be found.
Provide security for the one who is exhausted!
This is where rest can be found.” 17
But they refused to listen.
Isaiah 33:9-11
Context33:9 The land 18 dries up 19 and withers away;
the forest of Lebanon shrivels up 20 and decays.
Sharon 21 is like the desert; 22
Bashan and Carmel 23 are parched. 24
33:10 “Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.
“Now I will exalt myself;
now I will magnify myself. 25
you give birth to chaff;
your breath is a fire that destroys you. 27
Jeremiah 6:16-17
Context6:16 The Lord said to his people: 28
“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. 29
Ask where the old, reliable paths 30 are.
Ask where the path is that leads to blessing 31 and follow it.
If you do, you will find rest for your souls.”
But they said, “We will not follow it!”
“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, 33 saying:
‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” 34
But they said, “We will not pay attention!”
Jeremiah 18:18
Context18:18 Then some people 35 said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! 36 There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. 37 Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! 38 Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
Amos 7:10-17
Context7:10 Amaziah the priest of Bethel 39 sent this message 40 to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! 41 The land cannot endure all his prophecies. 42 7:11 As a matter of fact, 43 Amos is saying this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile 44 away from its land.’”
7:12 Amaziah then said to Amos, “Leave, you visionary! 45 Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living 46 and prophesy there! 7:13 Don’t prophesy at Bethel 47 any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!” 48
7:14 Amos replied 49 to Amaziah, “I was not a prophet by profession. 50 No, 51 I was a herdsman who also took care of 52 sycamore fig trees. 53 7:15 Then the Lord took me from tending 54 flocks and gave me this commission, 55 ‘Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!’ 7:16 So now listen to the Lord’s message! You say, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach 56 against the family of Isaac!’
7:17 “Therefore this is what the Lord says:
‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets 57
and your sons and daughters will die violently. 58
Your land will be given to others 59
and you will die in a foreign 60 land.
Israel will certainly be carried into exile 61 away from its land.’”
Luke 20:19
Context20:19 Then 62 the experts in the law 63 and the chief priests wanted to arrest 64 him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But 65 they were afraid of the people.
John 8:45
Context8:45 But because I am telling you 66 the truth, you do not believe me.
Galatians 4:16
Context4:16 So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? 67
[22:8] 1 tn Heb “to seek the
[22:8] 3 tn The words “his name is” are supplied for stylistic reasons.
[22:2] 4 tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[16:9] 5 tn Heb “while he was drinking and drunken.”
[16:10] 6 tn Heb “and he became king in his place.”
[1:20] 7 tc Many Hebrew
[1:20] 8 tn Heb “the eyes of all Israel are upon you to declare to them who will sit on the throne of my master the king after him.”
[1:21] 9 tn The words “if a decision is not made” are added for clarification.
[1:21] 10 tn Heb “lies down with his fathers.”
[1:21] 11 tn Heb “I and my son Solomon.” The order has been reversed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[1:21] 12 tn Heb “will be guilty”; NASB “considered offenders”; TEV “treated as traitors.”
[1:22] 13 tn Heb “look.” The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) here draws attention to Nathan’s arrival and invites the audience to view the scene through the eyes of the participants.
[1:16] 15 tn Heb “bowed low and bowed down to.”
[28:12] 16 tn Heb “who said to them.”
[28:12] 17 sn This message encapsulates the Lord’s invitation to his people to find security in his protection and blessing.
[33:9] 18 tn Or “earth” (KJV); NAB “the country.”
[33:9] 19 tn Or “mourns” (BDB 5 s.v. I אָבַל). HALOT 6-7 lists homonyms I אבל (“mourn”) and II אבל (“dry up”). They propose the second here on the basis of parallelism. See 24:4.
[33:9] 20 tn Heb “Lebanon is ashamed.” The Hiphil is exhibitive, expressing the idea, “exhibits shame.” In this context the statement alludes to the withering of vegetation.
[33:9] 21 sn Sharon was a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast. See 35:2.
[33:9] 22 tn Or “the Arabah” (NIV). See 35:1.
[33:9] 23 sn Both of these areas were known for their trees and vegetation. See 2:13; 35:2.
[33:9] 24 tn Heb “shake off [their leaves]” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB “are stripped bare.”
[33:10] 25 tn Or “lift myself up” (KJV); NLT “show my power and might.”
[33:11] 26 tn The second person verb and pronominal forms in this verse are plural. The hostile nations are the addressed, as the next verse makes clear.
[33:11] 27 sn The hostile nations’ plans to destroy God’s people will come to nothing; their hostility will end up being self-destructive.
[6:16] 28 tn The words, “to his people” are not in the text but are implicit in the interchange of pronouns in the Hebrew of vv. 16-17. They are supplied in the translation here for clarity.
[6:16] 29 tn Heb “Stand at the crossroads and look.”
[6:16] 30 tn Heb “the ancient path,” i.e., the path the
[6:16] 31 tn Heb “the way of/to the good.”
[6:17] 32 tn These words are not in the text but are implicit in the interchange of pronouns in the Hebrew of vv. 16-17. They are supplied in the translation here for clarity.
[6:17] 33 tn Heb “I appointed watchmen over you.”
[6:17] 34 tn Heb “Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet.” The word “warning” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
[18:18] 35 tn Heb “They.” The referent is unidentified; “some people” has been used in the translation.
[18:18] 36 tn Heb “Let us make plans against Jeremiah.” See 18:18 where this has sinister overtones as it does here.
[18:18] 37 tn Heb “Instruction will not perish from priest, counsel from the wise, word from the prophet.”
[18:18] 38 tn Heb “Let us smite him with our tongues.” It is clear from the context that this involved plots to kill him.
[7:10] 39 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[7:10] 40 tn The direct object of the verb translated “sent” is elided in the Hebrew text. The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[7:10] 41 tn Heb “in the middle of the house of Israel.”
[7:11] 44 tn See the note on the word “exile” in 5:5.
[7:12] 45 tn Traditionally, “seer.” The word is a synonym for “prophet,” though it may carry a derogatory tone on the lips of Amaziah.
[7:12] 46 tn Heb “Eat bread there.”
[7:13] 47 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[7:13] 48 tn Heb “for it is a temple of a king and it is a royal house.” It is possible that the phrase “royal house” refers to a temple rather than a palace. See S. M. Paul, Amos (Hermeneia), 243.
[7:14] 49 tn Heb “replied and said.” The phrase “and said” is pleonastic (redundant) and has not been included in the translation.
[7:14] 50 tn Heb “I was not a prophet nor was I the son of a prophet.” The phrase “son of a prophet” refers to one who was trained in a prophetic guild. Since there is no equative verb present in the Hebrew text, another option is to translate with the present tense, “I am not a prophet by profession.” In this case Amos, though now carrying out a prophetic ministry (v. 15), denies any official or professional prophetic status. Modern English versions are divided about whether to understand the past (JB, NIV, NKJV) or present tense (NASB, NEB, NRSV, NJPS) here.
[7:14] 52 tn Heb “gashed”; or “pierced.”
[7:14] 53 sn It is possible that herdsmen agreed to care for sycamore fig trees in exchange for grazing rights. See P. King, Amos, Hosea, Micah, 116-17. Since these trees do not grow around Tekoa but rather in the lowlands, another option is that Amos owned other property outside his hometown. In this case, this verse demonstrates his relative wealth and is his response to Amaziah; he did not depend on prophecy as a profession (v. 13).
[7:15] 54 tn Heb “from [following] after.”
[7:15] 55 tn Heb “and the
[7:16] 56 tn The verb, which literally means “to drip,” appears to be a synonym of “to prophesy,” but it might carry a derogatory tone here, perhaps alluding to the impassioned, frenzied way in which prophets sometimes delivered their messages. If so, one could translate, “to drivel; to foam at the mouth” (see HALOT 694 s.v. נטף).
[7:17] 57 tn Heb “in the city,” that is, “in public.”
[7:17] 58 tn Heb “will fall by the sword.”
[7:17] 59 tn Heb “will be divided up with a [surveyor’s] measuring line.”
[7:17] 60 tn Heb “[an] unclean”; or “[an] impure.” This fate would be especially humiliating for a priest, who was to distinguish between the ritually clean and unclean (see Lev 10:10).
[7:17] 61 tn See the note on the word “exile” in 5:5.
[20:19] 62 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[20:19] 63 tn Or “The scribes” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.
[20:19] 64 tn Grk “tried to lay hands on him.”
[20:19] 65 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
[8:45] 66 tn Or “because I tell you.”
[4:16] 67 tn Or “have I become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?” The participle ἀληθεύων (alhqeuwn) can be translated as a causal adverbial participle or as a participle of means (as in the translation).
