Discovery Box| (0.5139106440678) | (Jer 10:14) |
1 tn Heb “Every man.” But in the context this is not a reference to all people without exception but to all idolaters. The referent is made explicit for the sake of clarity. |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Jer 19:4) |
1 tn The text merely has “they.” But since a reference is made later to “they” and “their ancestors,” the referent must be to the people that the leaders of the people and leaders of the priests represent. |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Jer 25:3) |
1 sn The year referred to would be 627 |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Jer 29:10) |
4 tn Heb “this place.” The text has probably been influenced by the parallel passage in 27:22. The term appears fifteen times in Jeremiah and is invariably a reference to Jerusalem or Judah. |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Jer 30:13) |
1 tc The translation of these first two lines follows the redivision of the lines suggested in NIV and NRSV rather than that of the Masoretes who read, “There is no one who pleads your cause with reference to [your] wound.” |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Jer 32:30) |
2 sn Compare Jer 3:24-25; 11:21. The nation is being personified and reference is made to her history from the time she left Egypt onward (cf. 2:2). |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Jer 33:7) |
2 sn Reference is to the reunification of Israel and Judah to the state that they were before the division after Solomon. Compare Jer 3:18; 30:3; 31:27 and see the study note on 30:3. |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Jer 46:17) |
1 tn Heb “is a noise.” The addition of “just a big” is contextually motivated and is supplied in the translation to suggest the idea of sarcasm. The reference is probably to his boast in v. 8. |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Eze 1:28) |
1 sn Reference to the glowing substance and the brilliant light and storm phenomena in vv. 27-28a echoes in reverse order the occurrence of these phenomena in v. 4. |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Eze 18:7) |
1 tn Heb “restores to the debtor his pledge.” The root occurs in Exod 22:25 in reference to restoring a man’s garment as a pledge before nightfall. |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Eze 39:14) |
2 tn Heb “and bury the travelers and those who remain on the surface of the ground.” The reference to “travelers” seems odd and is omitted in the LXX. It is probably an accidental duplication (see v. 11). |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Hos 2:5) |
2 sn This statement alludes to the practice of sexual rites in the Canaanite fertility cult which attempted to secure agricultural fertility from the Canaanite gods (note the following reference to wool, flax, olive oil, and wine). |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Hos 2:6) |
1 tn The deictic particle הִנְנִי (hinni, “Behold!”) introduces a future-time reference participle that refers to imminent future action: “I am about to” (TEV “I am going to”). |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Hos 6:7) |
4 tn The verb בָּגַד (bagad, “to act treacherously”) is often used in reference to faithlessness in covenant relationships (BDB 93 s.v. בָּגַד). |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Amo 1:8) |
7 tn Heb “and the remnant of the Philistines will perish.” The translation above assumes that reference is made to other Philistines beside those living in the cities mentioned. Another option is to translate, “Every last Philistine will die.” |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Nah 3:18) |
1 sn The term shepherd was frequently used in the ancient Near East in reference to kings and other leaders (royal, political, military). Here, the expression your shepherds is an implied comparison (hypocatastasis) referring to the royal/military leadership of Assyria. |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Hag 2:18) |
2 sn The twenty-fourth day of the ninth month was Kislev 24 or December 18, 520. See v. 10. Here the reference is to “today,” the day the oracle is being delivered. |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Zec 14:17) |
1 sn The reference to any…who refuse to go up to Jerusalem makes clear the fact that the nations are by no means “converted” to the |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Mal 3:5) |
1 tn The first person pronoun (a reference to the |
| (0.5139106440678) | (Mat 5:3) |
2 sn The poor in spirit is a reference to the “pious poor” for whom God especially cares. See Ps 14:6; 22:24; 25:16; 34:6; 40:17; 69:29. |
