translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JER

label: NET translator note

text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Some textual witnesses support the Kethib (consonantal text) in reading “Hamital.”


text: Heb “what was evil in the eyes of the Lord .”


text: Heb “Surely (or “for”) because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he drove them out from upon his face.” For the phrase “drive out of his sight,” see 7:15 .


text: Or “against.”


text: Heb “the people of the land.”


text: For location see Map5-B2 ; Map6-E1 ; Map7-E1 ; Map8-E3 ; Map10-A2 ; Map11-A1 .


text: Heb “fetters of bronze.” The more generic “chains” is used in the translation because “fetters” is a word unfamiliar to most modern readers.


text: The parallel account in 2 Kgs 25:8 has “seventh.”


text: For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2 and compare the usage in Gen 39:1 .


text: Heb “stood before.”


text: Heb “poor of the people.”


text: Heb “Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard.” However, the subject is clear from the preceding and modern English style would normally avoid repeating the proper name and title.


text: Heb “poor of the land.”


text: Heb “with which they served (or “fulfilled their duty”).”


label: NET textual note

text: The translation follows the LXX (Greek version), which reflects the description in 1 Kgs 7:25-26 . The Hebrew text reads, “the twelve bronze bulls under the movable stands.” הַיָּם ( hayyam , “The Sea”) has been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton; note that the following form, הַמְּכֹנוֹת ( hammÿkhonot , “the movable stands”), also begins with the article.


text: Heb “eighteen cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.


text: Heb “twelve cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.


text: Heb “four fingers.”


text: Heb “five cubits.” A “cubit” was a unit of measure, approximately equivalent to a foot and a half.


text: Heb “men, from the people of the land” (also later in this verse).


text: Heb “struck them down and killed them.”


text: Heb “these are the people.”


text: Heb “lifted up the head of.”


text: Heb “made his throne above the throne of


text: The subject is unstated in the Hebrew text, but Jehoiachin is clearly the subject of the following verb.