translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: NEH

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “ears.”


text: Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.


text: Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.


label: NET textual note

text: The translation reads the plural rather than the singular of the MT.


text: Heb “giving.”


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


text: Heb “to the end of days.”


text: On the usage of this Hebrew word see HALOT 478-79 s.v. כְּלִי .


text: Heb “and I stood them on their standing.”


text: Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה ( va ’ atsavveh , “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה ( va ’ otsÿrah , “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.


text: Heb “be over”


text: Heb “on their hand.”


text: Heb “brothers.”


text: For location see Map1-A2 ; Map2-G2 ; Map4-A1 ; JP3-F3 ; JP4-F3 .


text: The words “of all places” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation to indicate the emphasis on Jerusalem.


text: Heb “your fathers.”


text: Heb “the gates of Jerusalem grew dark.”


text: Heb “said” (so also in v. 22 ).


text: Heb “caused to stand.”


text: The Hebrew text includes the words “to them,” but they have been excluded from the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “I will send a hand on you.”


text: Heb “people and people.”


text: Heb “give.”


text: Heb “gave.”


text: Heb “give a dwelling to.”


text: One medieval Hebrew MS , the Lucianic Greek recension, and the Syriac Peshitta read the plural הַכֹּהֲנִים ( hakkohanim , “the priests”) rather than the singular reading of the MT, הַכְּהֻנָּה ( hakkÿhunnah , “the priesthood”).


text: Heb “a man in his work.”


text: The words “I also provided for” are not included in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.