Discovery BoxPsalms 48:11
Context48:11 Mount Zion rejoices;
the towns 1 of Judah are happy, 2
because of your acts of judgment. 3
Psalms 97:8
Context97:8 Zion hears and rejoices,
the towns 4 of Judah are happy,
because of your judgments, O Lord.
Revelation 19:1-7
Context19:1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,
“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
19:2 because his judgments are true and just. 5
For he has judged 6 the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,
and has avenged the blood of his servants 7 poured out by her own hands!” 8
19:3 Then 9 a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever. 10 19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground 11 and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”
19:5 Then 12 a voice came from the throne, saying:
“Praise our God
all you his servants,
and all you who fear Him,
both the small and the great!”
19:6 Then 13 I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting: 14
“Hallelujah!
For the Lord our God, 15 the All-Powerful, 16 reigns!
19:7 Let us rejoice 17 and exult
and give him glory,
because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
[48:11] 1 tn Heb “daughters.” The reference is to the cities of Judah surrounding Zion (see Ps 97:8 and H. Haag, TDOT 2:336).
[48:11] 2 tn The prefixed verbal forms are understood as generalizing imperfects. (For other examples of an imperfect followed by causal לְמַעַן [lÿma’an], see Ps 23:3; Isa 49:7; 55:5.) Another option is to interpret the forms as jussives, “Let Mount Zion rejoice! Let the towns of Judah be happy!” (cf. NASB, NRSV; note the imperatives in vv. 12-13.)
[48:11] 3 sn These acts of judgment are described in vv. 4-7.
[97:8] 4 tn Heb “daughters.” The term “daughters” refers to the cities of Judah surrounding Zion (see Ps 48:11 and H. Haag, TDOT 2:336).
[19:2] 7 tn Compare the similar phrase in Rev 16:7.
[19:2] 8 tn Or “has punished.” See BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α, describing the OT background which involves both the vindication of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty.
[19:2] 9 tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.
[19:2] 10 tn Grk “from her hand” (referring to her responsibility in causing the blood of God’s followers to be shed).
[19:3] 10 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
[19:3] 11 tn Or “her smoke ascends forever and ever.”
[19:4] 13 tn Grk “creatures fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”
[19:5] 16 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
[19:6] 19 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
[19:6] 20 tn Grk “like the voice of a large crowd…saying.” Because of the complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the words “They were.”
[19:6] 21 tc Several
[19:6] 22 tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22…κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ὁ π. Rv 19:6.”
[19:7] 22 tn This verb and the next two verbs are hortatory subjunctives (giving exhortations).
