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Isaiah 59:16

Context
The Lord Intervenes

59:16 He sees there is no advocate; 1 

he is shocked 2  that no one intervenes.

So he takes matters into his own hands; 3 

his desire for justice drives him on. 4 

Jeremiah 2:11

Context

2:11 Has a nation ever changed its gods

(even though they are not really gods at all)?

But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, 5 

for a god that cannot help them at all! 6 

Matthew 8:10

Context
8:10 When 7  Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, 8  I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

John 9:30

Context
9:30 The man replied, 9  “This is a remarkable thing, 10  that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see! 11 
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[59:16]  1 tn Heb “man” (so KJV, ASV); TEV “no one to help.”

[59:16]  2 tn Or “appalled” (NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “disgusted.”

[59:16]  3 tn Heb “and his arm delivers for him.”

[59:16]  4 tn Heb “and his justice [or “righteousness”] supports him.”

[2:11]  5 tn Heb “have exchanged their glory [i.e., the God in whom they glory].” This is a case of a figure of speech where the attribute of a person or thing is put for the person or thing. Compare the common phrase in Isaiah, the Holy One of Israel, obviously referring to the Lord, the God of Israel.

[2:11]  6 tn Heb “what cannot profit.” The verb is singular and the allusion is likely to Baal. See the translator’s note on 2:8 for the likely pun or wordplay.

[8:10]  7 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[8:10]  8 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[9:30]  9 tn Grk “The man answered and said to them.” This has been simplified in the translation to “The man replied.”

[9:30]  10 tn Grk “For in this is a remarkable thing.”

[9:30]  11 tn Grk “and he opened my eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).



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