Kejadian 20:7
Konteks20:7 But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed 1 he is a prophet 2 and he will pray for you; thus you will live. 3 But if you don’t give her back, 4 know that you will surely die 5 along with all who belong to you.”
Ulangan 9:19
Konteks9:19 For I was terrified at the Lord’s intense anger 6 that threatened to destroy you. But he 7 listened to me this time as well.
Mazmur 106:23
Konteks106:23 He threatened 8 to destroy them,
but 9 Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him 10
and turned back his destructive anger. 11
Yeremia 14:7-9
Konteks“O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name 13
even though our sins speak out against us. 14
Indeed, 15 we have turned away from you many times.
We have sinned against you.
14:8 You have been the object of Israel’s hopes.
You have saved them when they were in trouble.
Why have you become like a resident foreigner 16 in the land?
Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night?
14:9 Why should you be like someone who is helpless, 17
like a champion 18 who cannot save anyone?
You are indeed with us, 19
and we belong to you. 20
Do not abandon us!”
[20:7] 1 tn Or “for,” if the particle is understood as causal (as many English translations do) rather than asseverative.
[20:7] 2 sn For a discussion of the term prophet see N. Walker, “What is a Nabhi?” ZAW 73 (1961): 99-100.
[20:7] 3 tn After the preceding jussive (or imperfect), the imperative with vav conjunctive here indicates result.
[20:7] sn He will pray for you that you may live. Abraham was known as a man of God whose prayer would be effectual. Ironically and sadly, he was also known as a liar.
[20:7] 4 tn Heb “if there is not you returning.” The suffix on the particle becomes the subject of the negated clause.
[20:7] 5 tn The imperfect is preceded by the infinitive absolute to make the warning emphatic.
[9:19] 6 tn Heb “the anger and the wrath.” Although many English versions translate as two terms, this construction is a hendiadys which serves to intensify the emotion (cf. NAB, TEV “fierce anger”).
[9:19] 7 tn Heb “the
[106:23] 8 tn Heb “and he said.”
[106:23] 9 tn Heb “if not,” that is, “[and would have] if [Moses] had not.”
[106:23] 10 tn Heb “stood in the gap before him.”
[106:23] 11 tn Heb “to turn back his anger from destroying.”
[106:23] sn Verses 19-23 describe the events of Exod 32:1-35.
[14:7] 12 tn The words “Then I said” are not in the text. However, it cannot be a continuation of the
[14:7] 13 tn Heb “Act for the sake of your name.” The usage of “act” in this absolute, unqualified sense cf. BDB 794 s.v. עָוֹשָׂה Qal.I.r and compare the usage, e.g., in 1 Kgs 8:32 and 39. For the nuance of “for the sake of your name” compare the usage in Isa 48:9 and Ezek 20:9, 14.
[14:7] 14 tn Or “bear witness against us,” or “can be used as evidence against us,” to keep the legal metaphor. Heb “testify against.”
[14:7] 15 tn The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) can scarcely be causal here; it is either intensive (BDB 472 s.v. כִּי 1.e) or concessive (BDB 473 s.v. כִּי 2.c). The parallel usage in Gen 18:20 argues for the intensive force as does the fact that the concessive has already been expressed by אִם (’im).
[14:8] 16 tn It would be a mistake to translate this word as “stranger.” This word (גֵּר, ger) refers to a resident alien or resident foreigner who stays in a country not his own. He is accorded the privilege of protection through the common rights of hospitality but he does not have the rights of the native born or citizen. The simile here is particularly effective. The land was the
[14:9] 17 tn This is the only time this word occurs in the Hebrew Bible. The lexicons generally take it to mean “confused” or “surprised” (cf., e.g., BDB 187 s.v. דָּהַם). However, the word has been found in a letter from the seventh century in a passage where it must mean something like “be helpless”; see W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah (Hermeneia), 1:433, for discussion and bibliography of an article where this letter is dealt with.
[14:9] 18 tn Heb “mighty man, warrior.” For this nuance see 1 Sam 17:51 where it parallels a technical term used of Goliath used earlier in 17:4, 23.
[14:9] 19 tn Heb “in our midst.”
[14:9] 20 tn Heb “Your name is called upon us.” See Jer 7:10, 11, 14, 30 for this idiom with respect to the temple and see the notes on Jer 7:10.