Discovery Box| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 25:3) |
1 sn The year referred to would be 627 |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 25:31) |
2 tn Heb “the |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 25:35) |
1 sn Judging from Gen 14:10 and Judg 8:12 (among many others), it was not uncommon for the leaders to try to save their own necks at the expense of their soldiers. |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 26:10) |
1 sn These officials of Judah were officials from the royal court. They may have included some of the officials mentioned in Jer 36:12-25. They would have been concerned about any possible “illegal” proceedings going on in the temple. |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 31:19) |
2 tn Heb “I struck my thigh.” This was a gesture of grief and anguish (cf. Ezek 21:12 [21:17 HT]). The modern equivalent is “to beat the breast.” |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 31:25) |
1 sn For the concept here compare Jer 31:12 where the promise was applied to northern Israel. This represents the reversal of the conditions that would characterize the exiles according to the covenant curse of Deut 28:65-67. |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 38:4) |
1 tn Heb “weakening the hands of.” For this idiom see BDB 951 s.v. רָפָה Pi. and compare the usage in Isa 13:7; Ezek 21:7 (21:12 HT). |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 48:7) |
2 sn The practice of carrying off the gods of captive nations has already been mentioned in the study note on 43:12. See also Isa 46:1-2 noted there. |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 50:11) |
2 tn Or “my land.” The word can refer to either the land (Jer 2:7, 16:8) or the nation/people (Jer 12:7, 8, 9). |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Jer 51:11) |
5 sn Verse 11c-f appears to be a parenthetical or editorial comment by Jeremiah to give some background for the attack which is summoned in vv. 11-12. |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Lam 3:56) |
3 tn The preposition ל (lamed) continues syntactically from “my plea” in the previous line (e.g. Ex 5:2; Josh 22:2; 1 Sam 8:7; 12:1; Jer 43:4). |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Eze 3:18) |
3 tn Heb “his blood I will seek from your hand.” The expression “seek blood from the hand” is equivalent to requiring the death penalty (2 Sam 4:11-12). |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Eze 5:7) |
3 tc Some Hebrew |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Eze 6:11) |
1 sn By the sword and by famine and by pestilence. A similar trilogy of punishments is mentioned in Lev 26:25-26. See also Jer 14:12; 21:9; 27:8, 13; 29:18). |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Eze 18:12) |
1 sn The poor and needy are often mentioned together in the OT (Deut 24:14; Jer 22:16; Ezek 14:69; Ps 12:6; 35:10; 37:14). |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Eze 22:12) |
2 sn Forgetting the Lord is also addressed in Deut 6:12; 8:11, 14; Jer 3:21; 13:25; Ezek 23:35; Hos 2:15; 8:14; 13:6. |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Eze 22:26) |
2 tn Heb “hide their eyes from.” The idiom means to disregard or ignore something or someone (see Lev 20:4; 1 Sam 12:3; Prov 28:27; Isa 1:15). |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Eze 23:16) |
2 sn The Chaldeans were prominent tribal groups of Babylonia. The imagery is reminiscent of events in the reigns of Hezekiah (2 Kgs 20:12-15) and Jehoiakim (2 Kgs 23:34-24:1). |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Eze 23:34) |
3 sn The severe action is more extreme than beating the breasts in anguish (Isa 32:12; Nah 2:7). It is also ironic for these are the very breasts she so blatantly offered to her lovers (vv. 3, 21). |
| (0.54378228571429) | (Eze 30:5) |
1 tn The same expression appears in Exod 12:38; Jer 25:20; 50:37; Neh 13:3. It may refer to foreign mercenaries serving in the armies of the nations listed here. |
