translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ZEC

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: Or “the heavens” (so KJV, NAB, NIV). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם ( shamayim ) may be translated “heavens” or “skies” depending on the context.


text: The verb זָמַם ( zamam ) usually means “to plot to do evil,” but with a divine subject (as here), and in light of v. 15 where it means to plan good, the meaning here has to be the implementation of discipline (cf. NCV, CEV “punish”). God may bring hurt but its purpose is redemptive and/or pedagogical.