Jeremiah 15:19

15:19 Because of this, the Lord said, ¹ 

“You must repent of such words and thoughts!

If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. ² 

If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless,

I will again allow you to be my spokesman. ³ 

They must become as you have been.

You must not become like them. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 33:17-18

33:17 For I, the Lord, promise: “David will never lack a successor to occupy ⁵  the throne over the nation of Israel. ⁶  33:18 Nor will the Levitical priests ever lack someone to stand before me and continually offer up burnt offerings, sacrifice cereal offerings, and offer the other sacrifices.”’” ⁷ 

Psalms 5:5

5:5 Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; ⁸ 

you hate ⁹  all who behave wickedly. ¹⁰ 

Luke 21:36

21:36 But stay alert at all times, ¹¹  praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must ¹²  happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Jude 1:24

Final Blessing

1:24 Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, ¹³  and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, ¹⁴  without blemish ¹⁵  before his glorious presence, ¹⁶ 

[15:19]  ¹ tn Heb “So the Lord said thus.”

[15:19]  ² tn Heb “If you return [ = repent], I will restore [more literally, ‘cause you to return’] that you may stand before me.” For the idiom of “standing before” in the sense of serving see BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד Qal.1.e and compare the usage in 1 Kgs 10:8; 12:8; 17:1; Deut 10:8.

[15:19]  ³ tn Heb “you shall be as my mouth.”

[15:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “They must turn/return to you and you must not turn/return to them.”

[33:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man shall not be cut off to David [i.e., belonging to the Davidic line] sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.”

[33:17]  ⁶ sn It should be noted once again that the reference is to all Israel, not just to Judah (cf. Jer 23:5-6; 30:9).

[33:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “And to the Levites, the priests [= the Levitical priests, the apposition in place of the adjective] there shall not be cut off a man from before me who offers up burnt offering, sacrifices a cereal offering, or makes a sacrifice all the days.”

[5:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “before your eyes.”

[5:5]  ⁹ sn You hate. The Lord “hates” the wicked in the sense that he despises their wicked character and deeds and actively opposes and judges them for their wickedness. See Ps 11:5.

[5:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all the workers of wickedness.”

[21:36]  ¹¹ sn The call to be alert at all times is a call to remain faithful in looking for the Lord’s return.

[21:36]  ¹² tn For the translation of μέλλω (mellw) as “must,” see L&N 71.36.

[1:24]  ¹³ tn The construction in Greek is a double accusative object-complement. “You” is the object and “free from falling” is the adjectival complement.

[1:24]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “with rejoicing.” The prepositional clause is placed after “his glorious presence” in Greek, but most likely goes with “cause you to stand.”

[1:24]  ¹⁵ tn The construction in Greek is a double accusative object-complement. “You” is the object and “without blemish” is the adjectival complement.

[1:24]  ¹⁶ tn Or “in the presence of his glory,” “before his glory.”