Isaiah 44:26

44:26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants ¹ 

and brings to pass the announcements ²  of his messengers,

who says about Jerusalem, ³  ‘She will be inhabited,’

and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt,

her ruins I will raise up,’

Lamentations 2:17

ע (Ayin)

2:17 The Lord has done what he planned;

he has fulfilled ⁴  his promise ⁵ 

that he threatened ⁶  long ago: ⁷ 

He has overthrown you without mercy ⁸ 

and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you;

he has exalted your adversaries’ power. ⁹ 

Ezekiel 13:6

13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. ¹⁰  They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; ¹¹  yet they expect their word to be confirmed. ¹² 

Zechariah 1:8

The Content of the First Vision

1:8 I was attentive that night and saw a man seated ¹³  on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees ¹⁴  in the ravine. Behind him were red, sorrel, ¹⁵  and white horses.

Matthew 5:18

5:18 I ¹⁶  tell you the truth, ¹⁷  until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter ¹⁸  will pass from the law until everything takes place.

Romans 15:8

15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised ¹⁹  on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, ²⁰ 

[44:26]  ¹ tn Heb “the word of his servant.” The following context indicates that the Lord’s prophets are in view.

[44:26]  ² tn Heb “counsel.” The Hebrew term עֵצָה (’etsah) probably refers here to the divine plan as announced by the prophets. See HALOT 867 s.v. I עֵצָה.

[44:26]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[2:17]  ⁴ tn The verb בָּצַע (batsa’) has a broad range of meanings: (1) “to cut off, break off,” (2) “to injure” a person, (3) “to gain by violence,” (4) “to finish, complete” and (5) “to accomplish, fulfill” a promise.

[2:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “His word.” When used in collocation with the verb בָּצַע (batsa’, “to fulfill,” see previous tn), the accusative noun אִמְרָה (’imrah) means “promise.”

[2:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “commanded” or “decreed.” If a reference to prophetic oracles is understood, then “decreed” is preferable. If understood as a reference to the warnings in the covenant, then “threatened” is a preferable rendering.

[2:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “from days of old.”

[2:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “He has overthrown and has not shown mercy.” The two verbs חָרַס וְלֹא חָמָל (kharas vÿlo’ khamal) form a verbal hendiadys in which the first retains its verbal sense and the second functions adverbially: “He has overthrown you without mercy.” וְלֹא חָמָל (vÿlo’ khamal) alludes to 2:2.

[2:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.” The term “horn” (קֶרֶן, qeren) normally refers to the horn of a bull, one of the most powerful animals in ancient Israel. This term is often used figuratively as a symbol of strength, usually in reference to the military might of an army (Deut 33:17; 1 Sam 2:1, 10; 2 Sam 22:3; Pss 18:3; 75:11; 89:18, 25; 92:11; 112:9; 1 Chr 25:5; Jer 48:25; Lam 2:3; Ezek 29:21), just as warriors are sometimes figuratively described as “bulls.” To lift up the horn often means to boast and to lift up someone else’s horn is to give victory or cause to boast.

[13:6]  ¹⁰ sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.

[13:6]  ¹¹ sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14; 23:21.

[13:6]  ¹² tn Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”

[1:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “riding,” but since this verb in English is usually associated with horses in motion rather than standing still, the translation uses “seated.” Cf. NAB “the driver of a red horse.”

[1:8]  ¹⁴ tc The LXX presupposes הֶהָרִים (heharim, “mountains”) rather than the MT הַהֲדַסִּים (hahadassim, “myrtles”), probably because of reference to the ravine. The MT reading is preferred and is followed by most English versions.

[1:8]  ¹⁵ sn The Hebrew שְׂרֻקִּים (sÿruqqim) means “red” (cf. NIV, NCV, NLT “brown”). English translations such as “speckled” (KJV) or “dappled” (TEV) are based on the reading of the LXX (ψαροί) that attempts to bring the color of this horse into conformity with those described in Zech 6:2-3. However, since these are two different and unrelated visions, this is a methodological fallacy.

[5:18]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “For I tell.” Here an explanatory γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

[5:18]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[5:18]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “Not one iota or one serif.”

[15:8]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “of the circumcision”; that is, the Jews.

[15:8]  ²⁰ tn Or “to the patriarchs.”