Discovery Box| (0.66458103225806) | (Amo 4:2) |
6 sn The imagery of catching fish in connection with the captivity of Israel is also found in Jer 16:16 and Hab 1:14. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Amo 5:12) |
3 tn Or “transgressions,” “sins.” See the note on the word “crimes” in 1:3 and on the phrase “covenant violations” in 2:4. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Amo 6:8) |
4 tn Heb “the city”; this probably refers to the city of Samaria (cf. 6:1), which in turn, by metonymy, represents the entire northern kingdom. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Mic 5:2) |
1 map For location of Bethlehem see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Mic 6:16) |
2 sn The Omride dynasty, of which Ahab was the most infamous king, had a reputation for implementing unjust and oppressive measures. See 1 Kgs 21. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Nah 3:3) |
1 tn Heb “a horseman.” Although the Hebrew term פָּרָס (paras, alternately spelled פָּרָשׂ [paras] here) could denote “horse” (1 Sam 8:11; Joel 2:4; Hab 1:8; Jer 46:4), the Hiphil participle מַעֲלֶה (ma’aleh, “cause to charge”) – the subject of which is פָּרָס – suggests that פָּרָס refers here to “horsemen” charging their horses (2 Sam 1:6; 1 Kgs 20:20; Jer 4:29; 46:4). |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Nah 3:15) |
1 sn The expression the fire will consume you is an example of personification. Fire is often portrayed consuming an object like a person might consume food (Lev 6:3; 10:2; 16:25; Num 16:35; Deut 4:24; 5:22; Judg 9:15; 1 Kgs 18:38; 2 Kgs 1:10, 12, 14; 2 Chr 7:1; Isa 5:24; 10:17; 30:27, 30; 33:14; Amos 1:4, 7, 10, 12, 14; 2:2, 5; 5:6). |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Nah 3:17) |
6 tn Heb “Its place is not known – where are they?” The form אַיָּם has been taken in various ways: (1) an interrogative adverb with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (“where are they?”; GKC 296-97 §100.o; BDB 32 s.v. אַי 1.a); (2) an interrogative particle אֵי (’ey, “where?”) lengthened to אַיָּה (ayyah) and written with the enclitic particle ־ם (mem; GKC 295 §100.g), similar to ayyami (“where?”) in Assyrian (CAD 1.1.220); see W. A. Maier, Nahum, 356; R. D. Patterson, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (WEC), 111; T. Longman, “Nahum,” The Minor Prophets, 2:826. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Zep 3:2) |
3 tn Heb “draw near to.” The present translation assumes that the expression “draw near to” refers to seeking God’s will (see 1 Sam 14:36). |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Hag 1:1) |
1 sn The first day of the sixth month was Elul 1 according to the Jewish calendar; August 29, 520 |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Hag 1:3) |
1 tn Heb “and the word of the |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Zec 3:9) |
2 sn The seven eyes are symbolic of divine omniscience and universal dominion (cf. Zech 1:10; 4:10; 2 Chr 16:9). |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Zec 10:4) |
1 sn On the NT use of the image of the cornerstone, see Luke 20:17; Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Mal 3:1) |
1 tn In Hebrew the phrase “my messenger” is מַלְאָכִי (mal’akhi), the same form as the prophet’s name (see note on the name “Malachi” in 1:1). However, here the messenger appears to be an eschatological figure who is about to appear, as the following context suggests. According to 4:5, this messenger is “Elijah the prophet,” whom the NT identifies as John the Baptist (Matt 11:10; Mark 1:2) because he came in the “spirit and power” of Elijah (Matt 11:14; 17:11-12; Lk 1:17). |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Mat 2:13) |
3 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Herod the Great was particularly ruthless regarding the succession to his throne. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Mat 2:16) |
1 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Mat 3:17) |
3 sn The parallel accounts in Mark 1:11 and Luke 3:22 read “You are” rather than “This is,” portraying the remark as addressed personally to Jesus. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Mat 11:17) |
2 tn The verb ἐθρηνήσαμεν (eqrhnhsamen) refers to the loud wailing and lamenting used to mourn the dead in public in 1st century Jewish culture. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Mat 19:29) |
1 sn Jesus reassures his disciples with a promise that (1) much benefit in this life (a hundred times as much) and (2) eternal life will be given. |
| (0.66458103225806) | (Mat 21:19) |
1 sn The fig tree is a variation on the picture of a vine as representing the nation; see Isa 5:1-7. |
