16:30 “‘How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign Lord, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute.
20:49 Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”
23:46 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army 2 against them and subject them 3 to terror and plunder.
25:12 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom 4 has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable 5 by taking vengeance 6 on them. 7
32:14 Then I will make their waters calm, 8
and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord.
34:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.
1 tn The word translated “make” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in v. 6.
2 tn Heb “assembly.”
3 tn Heb “give them to.”
4 sn Edom was located south of Moab.
5 tn Heb “and they have become guilty, becoming guilty.” The infinitive absolute following the finite verb makes the statement emphatic and draws attention to the degree of guilt incurred by Edom due to its actions.
6 tn Heb “and they have taken vengeance.”
7 sn Edom apparently in some way assisted in the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/6
8 tn Heb “sink,” that is, to settle and become clear, not muddied.