translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: For obedience and for sprinkling indicates the purpose of their choice or election by God.


text: Prophets refers to the OT prophets.


text: A quotation from Lev 19:2 .


text: Here all flesh is a metaphor for humanity – human beings as both frail and temporary.


text: The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1 , Isa 1:10 , Jonah 1:1 ). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου ( rJhma tou kuriou ; here and in Luke 22:61 , Acts 11:16 ) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου ( logo" tou kuriou ; Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10, 20 ; 1 Thess 1:8, 4:15 ; 2 Thess 3:1 ). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said.


text: A quotation from Isa 40:6, 8 .