Yeremia 31:12

31:12 They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion.

They will be radiant with joy ¹  over the good things the Lord provides,

the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil,

the young sheep and calves he has given to them.

They will be like a well-watered garden

and will not grow faint or weary any more.

Hosea 14:8

14:8 O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do ²  with idols anymore!

I will answer him and care for him.

I am like ³  a luxuriant cypress tree; ⁴ 

your fruitfulness comes from me! ⁵ 

Yoel 2:19

2:19 The Lord responded ⁶  to his people,

“Look! I am about to restore your grain ⁷ 

as well as fresh wine and olive oil.

You will be fully satisfied. ⁸ 

I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.

[31:12]  ¹ tn Reading a Qal perfect from the root II נָהַר (nahar; so KBL 509 s.v. and HALOT 639 s.v.) rather than I נָהַר (so BDB 625 s.v.).

[14:8]  ² tn The Hebrew expression מַה־לִּי עוֹד (mah-li ’od) is a formula of repudiation/emphatic denial that God has anything in common with idols: “I want to have nothing to do with […] any more!” Cf., e.g., Judg 11:12; 2 Sam 16:10; 19:23; 1 Kgs 17:18; 2 Kgs 3:13; 2 Chr 35:21; Jer 2:18; Ps 50:16; BDB 553 s.v. מָה 1.d.(c).

[14:8]  ³ tn The term “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity, as in the majority of English versions (including KJV).

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Cf. KJV “a green fir tree”; NIV, NCV “a green pine tree”; NRSV “an evergreen cypress.”

[14:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “your fruit is found in me”; NRSV “your faithfulness comes from me.”

[2:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[2:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look! I am sending grain to you.” The participle used in the Hebrew text seems to suggest imminent action.

[2:19]  ⁸ tc One of the Qumran manuscripts (4QXXII^c) inserts “and you will eat” before “and you will be fully satisfied” (the reading of the MT, LXX).