translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: MIC

label: NET study note

text: Darkness represents judgment; light (also in v. 9 ) symbolizes deliverance. The Lord is the source of the latter.


text: Personified Jerusalem declares her confidence in vv. 8-10 ; in this verse she is assured that she will indeed be vindicated.


text: The regions of Bashan and Gilead , located in Transjordan, were noted for their rich grazing lands.


text: I will show you miraculous deeds . In this verse the Lord responds to the petition of v. 14 with a brief promise of deliverance.


text: In this metaphor the Lord disposes of Israel’s sins by throwing them into the waters of the sea (here symbolic of chaos).