Colossians 3:17

3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:2

3:2 Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

Colossians 1:21

Paul’s Goal in Ministry

1:21 And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your ¹  minds ²  as expressed through ³  your evil deeds,

Psalms 47:6-7

47:6 Sing to God! Sing!

Sing to our king! Sing!

47:7 For God is king of the whole earth!

Sing a well-written song! ⁴ 

Psalms 103:1

Psalm 103 ⁵ 

By David.

103:1 Praise the Lord, O my soul!

With all that is within me, praise ⁶  his holy name!

Psalms 119:10

119:10 With all my heart I seek you.

Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

Psalms 119:34

119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,

and keep it with all my heart. ⁷ 

Psalms 119:145

ק (Qof)

119:145 I cried out with all my heart, “Answer me, O Lord!

I will observe your statutes.”

Ecclesiastes 9:10

9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, ⁸ 

do it with all your might,

because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, ⁹ 

the place where you will eventually go. ¹⁰ 

Jeremiah 3:10

3:10 In spite of all this, ¹¹  Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” ¹²  says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:1

3:1 “If a man divorces his wife

and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife,

he may not take her back again. ¹³ 

Doing that would utterly defile the land. ¹⁴ 

But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. ¹⁵ 

So what makes you think you can return to me?” ¹⁶ 

says the Lord.

Jeremiah 1:1

The Superscription

1:1 The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. ¹⁷  He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.

[1:21]  ¹ tn The article τῇ (th) has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[1:21]  ² tn Although διανοία (dianoia) is singular in Greek, the previous plural noun ἐχθρούς (ecqrous) indicates that all those from Colossae are in view here.

[1:21]  ³ tn The dative ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς πονηροῖς (en toi" ergoi" toi" ponhroi") is taken as means, indicating the avenue through which hostility in the mind is revealed and made known.

[47:7]  ⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. The word is derived from a verb meaning “to be prudent; to be wise.” Various options are: “a contemplative song,” “a song imparting moral wisdom,” or “a skillful [i.e., well-written] song.” The term also occurs in the superscriptions of Pss 32, 42, 44, 45, 52-55, 74, 78, 88, 89, and 142. Here, in a context of celebration, the meaning “skillful, well-written” would fit particularly well.

[103:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 103. The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people.

[103:1]  ⁶ tn The verb “praise” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line).

[119:34]  ⁷ tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.

[9:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “Whatever your hand finds to do.”

[9:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “Sheol.”

[9:10]  ¹⁰ tn Or “where you are about to go.”

[3:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And even in all this.”

[3:10]  ¹² tn Heb “ has not turned back to me with all her heart but only in falsehood.”

[3:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “May he go back to her again?” The question is rhetorical and expects a negative answer.

[3:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Would the land not be utterly defiled?” The stative is here rendered actively to connect better with the preceding. The question is rhetorical and expects a positive answer.

[3:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “But you have played the prostitute with many lovers.”

[3:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Returning to me.” The form is the bare infinitive which the KJV and ASV have interpreted as an imperative “Yet, return to me!” However, it is more likely that a question is intended, expressing surprise in the light of the law alluded to and the facts cited. For the use of the infinitive absolute in the place of a finite verb, cf. GKC 346 §113.ee. For the introduction of a question without a question marker, cf. GKC 473 §150.a.

[1:1]  ¹⁷ tn Or “This is a record of what Jeremiah prophesied and did”; Heb “The words [or affairs] of Jeremiah.” The phrase could refer to either the messages of Jeremiah recorded in the book or to both his messages and the biographical (and autobiographical) narratives recorded about him in the book. Since the phrase is intended to serve as the title or superscription for the whole book and recurs again in 51:64 at the end of the book before the final appendix, it might refer to the latter. The expression “The words of [someone]” is a standard introductory formula (Deut 29:1[28:69]; 2 Sam 23:1; Amos 1:1; Eccl 1:1; Neh 1:1).