translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ZEC

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “house” (so NIV, NRSV), referring to dynastic descendants.


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


text: Heb “for sin and for impurity.” The purpose implied here has been stated explicitly in the translation for clarity. sn This reference to the fountain opened up…to cleanse them from sin and impurity is anticipatory of the cleansing from sin that lies at the heart of the NT gospel message ( Rom 10:9-10 ; Titus 3:5 ). “In that day” throughout the passage (vv. 1, 2, 4 ) locates this cleansing in the eschatological (church) age ( John 19:37 ).


text: Heb “cut off” (so NRSV); NAB “destroy”; NIV “banish.”


text: The “hairy garment of a prophet” ( אַדֶּרֶת שֵׁעָר , ’ adderet she ’ ar ) was the rough clothing of Elijah ( 1 Kgs 19:13 ), Elisha ( 1 Kgs 19:19 ; 2 Kgs 2:14 ), and even John the Baptist ( Matt 3:4 ). Yet, אַדֶּרֶת alone suggests something of beauty and honor ( Josh 7:21 ). The prophet’s attire may have been simple the image it conveyed was one of great dignity.


text: The words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation from context (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).


text: Or perhaps “for the land has been my possession since my youth” (so NRSV; similar NAB).


text: Heb “wounds between your hands.” Cf. NIV “wounds on your body”; KJV makes this more specific: “wounds in thine hands.” sn These wounds on your chest . Pagan prophets were often self-lacerated ( Lev 19:28 ; Deut 14:1 ; 1 Kgs 18:28 ) for reasons not entirely clear, so this false prophet betrays himself as such by these graphic and ineradicable marks.


text: The words “of the people” are supplied in the translation for clarity (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).