Lamentations

A 1:1 The stanzas in Lm 1–4 form an acrostic.

B 1:2 = Jerusalem’s political allies

C 1:3 Or because of

D 1:8 Or become impure

E 1:13 DSS, LXX; MT reads bones, and it prevailed against them

F 1:14 Some Hb mss, LXX read He kept watch over my transgressions

G 1:14 Or The yoke of my transgressions is bound ; Hb obscure

H 1:15 Or has announced an appointed time

I 1:16 Lit my eye, my eye flows

J 1:20 Lit is turned within me

K 2:6 Lit booth

L 2:6 Lit it were a garden

M 2:9 Or the law

N 2:11 Lit My liver is poured out on the ground

O 2:14 Or insipid

P 2:18 Lit and the daughter of your

Q 2:20 Or infants in a healthy condition ; Hb obscure

R 2:22 Or terrors

S 2:22 Or I bore healthy ; Hb obscure

T 3:10 Lit is to me

U 3:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss, Syr read all peoples

V 3:16 Or and trampled me

W 3:17 Syr, Vg; MT reads You deprived my soul

X 3:18 Or splendor

Y 3:19 Or I remember

Z 3:20 Alt Hb tradition reads and you cause me to collapse

A 3:22 One Hb mss, Syr, Tg read The LORD’s faithful love, indeed, does not perish

B 3:28 Lit has laid a burden on

C 3:34 Or earth

D 3:52 Or Those who were my enemies for no reason

E 3:53 Or They ended my life in ; Hb obscure

F 3:62 Lit lips

G 3:65 Or them an obstinate heart ; Hb obscure

H 3:66 Lit under the LORD’s heavens

I 4:1 Or The sacred gems

J 4:7 Lit bones

K 4:20 Lit nostrils

L 4:22 Or not deport you again

M 5:6 Lit We gave the hand to

N 5:10 Or black ; Hb obscure

Ezekiel

A 1:12 Or spirit, also in v. 20

B 2:3 Or Israelites and to

C 2:4 Lit hard of face

D 3:12-13 Some emend to behind me as the glory of the LORD rose from his place: 13the

E 3:26 Or to rebuke

F 4:4 Or punishment

G 4:10 Lit 20 shekels

H 4:10 Lit from time to time, also in v. 11

I 4:11 Lit hin

J 5:10 Lit you

K 5:15 DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads she

L 6:4 Or incense altars, also in v. 6

M 6:6 Hb obscure

N 6:12 Or besieged

O 6:14 Some Hb mss, some LXX mss read Riblah ; 2Kg 23:33; Jr 39:5

P 7:7 Or A leash ; Hb obscure, also in v. 10

Q 7:11 Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read and no rest

R 7:13 Lit sold, while still in life is their life

S 7:17 Lit knees will go water

T 7:20 Or They turned their beautiful ornaments into objects of pride, and

U 8:2 LXX; MT, Vg read like fire

V 8:17 Alt Hb tradition reads my nose

W 11:2 Lit He

X 11:3 Or “The time is not near to build houses.

Y 11:7 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read he

Z 11:15 LXX, Syr read your relatives, your fellow exiles

A 11:15 Or own brothers, your relatives

B 11:19 Lit give them one

C 11:19 Lit flesh

D 11:23 = the Mount of Olives

E 12:10 = King Zedekiah

F 12:10 Lit Israel among them

G 12:12 LXX, Syr read He

H 12:19 Lit its

I 12:19 = Jerusalem’s

J 13:11 One Hb ms, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read and you, hailstones, will plunge

K 13:17 Lit set your face

L 13:22 Lit strengthened the hand of

M 14:4 Alt Hb tradition reads him who comes

N 16:4 Hb obscure

O 16:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr omit Yes, I said to you as you lay in your blood, “Live! ”

P 16:7 LXX reads Thrive; I made you

Q 16:7 Or matured and developed the loveliest of ornaments

R 16:10 Hb obscure

S 16:15 Hb obscure

T 16:16 Hb obscure

U 16:30 Or was sick

V 16:49 Lit strengthen the hand of

W 16:50 Or them as you have seen

X 16:52 Lit you have been the advocate for your sisters

Y 16:53 LXX, Vg; MT reads Samaria and her daughters and the fortunes of

Z 16:57 Some Hb mss, Syr read Edom

A 16:61 Some LXX mss, Syr read I

B 17:5 Hb obscure

C 17:21 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg read choice men

D 18:6 Lit the mountains, also in vv. 11,15

E 18:13 Lit His blood will be on him

F 19:7 Tg, Aq; MT reads knew their widows

G 19:9 Or put him in a cage

H 19:10 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss read blood

I 19:11 Or thick foliage

J 19:14 Lit from the branch of its parts

K 20:5 Lit I lifted my hand

L 20:6 Lit lifted my hand, also in vv. 15,23,28,42

M 20:7 Lit things of your eyes

N 20:8 Lit things of their eyes

O 20:26 Lit they made every firstborn pass through the fire

P 20:29 = High Place

Q 20:31 Lit gifts, making your children pass through the fire

R 21:4 Lit off from you

S 21:6 Lit insides, or waist

T 21:7 Lit knees will go water

U 21:10 Hb obscure

V 21:13 Hb obscure

W 21:14 Or penetrates

X 21:15 Hb obscure

Y 21:15 Hb obscure

Z 21:22 Lit The divination for

A 21:22 Lit rams, open the mouth in

B 21:23 Lit them

C 21:25 = King Zedekiah

D 21:25 Lit come in the time of the punishment of the end, also in v. 29

E 21:26 Lit This not this

F 21:27 Or comes to whom it rightfully belongs, and I will give it to him

G 21:30 = the Ammonites

H 22:4 judgment supplied for clarity

I 22:4 punishment supplied for clarity

J 22:9 Lit the mountains

K 22:16 One Hb ms, LXX, Syr, Vg read I

L 22:24-25 LXX reads indignation, 25whose princes within her are

M 23:4 = Her Tent

N 23:4 = My Tent Is in Her

O 23:16 Lit of her eyes

P 23:20 Lit whose flesh

Q 23:24 LXX reads peoples, from the north, chariots and ; Hb obscure

R 23:25 Or and your descendants

S 23:32 Or It will bring

T 23:37 Lit have made pass through the fire

U 23:42 Or Sabeans

V 23:43 Or They will

W 23:46 Or I will summon

X 24:5 Lit bones

Y 24:7 Lit For her blood

Z 24:10 Some Hb mss read well; remove the broth ; LXX reads fire so that the meat may be cooked and the broth may be reduced

A 24:10 Or and stir the broth

B 24:12 Hb obscure

C 24:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read They

D 24:17 Lit men, also in v. 22

E 25:9 Lit with the cities, with its

F 25:16 Lit the seacoast

G 26:2 Or It has swung open for me

H 26:7 Lit Nebuchadrezzar

I 26:17 Some LXX mss read ‘How you were destroyed from the seas, city of renown!

J 26:17 Lit and all her inhabitants who put their terror on all her inhabitants ; Hb obscure

K 26:20 Lit the lower parts of the earth

L 26:20 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss, Syr read in

M 26:20 LXX reads or appear

N 27:11 Or quivers ; Hb obscure

O 27:13 Lit souls of men

P 27:15 LXX reads Rhodes

Q 27:16 Some Hb mss, Aq, Syr read Edom

R 27:16 Hb obscure

S 27:16 Hb obscure

T 27:16 Hb obscure

U 27:17 Or resin ; Hb obscure

V 27:18 Or and wool from Zahar

W 27:19 Or Dan

X 27:19 Hb obscure

Y 27:24 Hb obscure

Z 27:25 Or and very glorious

A 27:32 Hb obscure

B 27:36 Lit hiss

C 28:2 Lit Because your

D 28:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read of the one who kills

E 28:12 Or sealer

F 28:12 Hb obscure

G 28:13 Hb obscure

H 28:13 Or malachite, or garnet

I 28:13 Or beryl

J 28:14 Or With an anointed guardian cherub

K 28:16 Or and the guardian cherub banished you

L 28:17 Or earth

M 28:23 Or within her by the sword

N 28:24 Lit longer have

O 29:3 Or crocodile

P 29:6 LXX, Syr, Vg read you

Q 29:7 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads and you caused their hips to stand

R 29:9 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads he

S 29:12 Or Egypt the most desolate of

T 29:12 Or be the most desolate of

U 30:3 of doom supplied for clarity

V 30:5 Or all Arabia

W 30:5 Lit Cub ; Hb obscure

X 30:7 Or be the most desolate of

Y 30:7 Or will be the most ruined of

Z 30:9 Lit of Egypt

A 30:10 Or pomp, or wealth, also in v. 15

B 30:16 Or foes daily

C 30:17 LXX, Vg; MT reads iniquity

D 30:17 Or and the women ; lit and they

E 30:18 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read will withhold

F 30:18 Or Egypt

G 31:3 Or thick foliage, also in vv. 10,14

H 31:10 Syr, Vg; MT, LXX read you

I 31:10 Lit its heart

J 31:14 Or the descendants of Adam

K 31:15 Or I covered it with the underground deep

L 31:17 LXX, Syr read offspring

M 31:17 Lit arm

N 32:2 Or ‘Lion of the nations, you are destroyed;

O 32:2 Or crocodile

P 32:2 Lit their

Q 32:3 LXX, Vg read I

R 32:17 LXX reads year, in the first month,

S 32:18 Lit the lower parts of the earth, also in v. 24

T 32:21 Either Pharaoh or Egypt

U 32:26 Lit Meshech-tubal

V 32:27 LXX reads of antiquity

W 32:27 Or Do they not . . . heads?

X 32:27 Emended; MT reads iniquities

Y 32:32 Alt Hb tradition, LXX, Syr read his

Z 33:4 Lit his blood will be on his head

A 33:5 Lit his blood will be on him

B 33:16 Lit remembered

C 33:24 Lit these

D 33:31 Lit you like the coming of a people

E 34:10 Lit their hand

F 34:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg read watch over

G 34:29 LXX, Syr read a plant of peace

H 35:11 LXX reads you

I 36:5 Lit gave

J 36:5 Or contempt, to empty it of ; Hb obscure

K 36:7 Lit lift up my hand

L 36:14 Alt Hb tradition reads and cause your nation to stumble

M 36:15 Some Hb mss, Tg read no longer bereave your nation of children

N 36:26 Lit stone from your flesh

O 36:37 Lit flock of people

P 36:38 Lit as the consecrated flock, as the flock of Jerusalem

Q 37:9 Or wind, or spirit, also in v. 10

R 37:23 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sym; other Hb mss read their settlements where

S 38:2 Or the prince of Rosh,

T 38:8 Lit from the sword

U 38:13 Lit young lions, or villages

V 38:18 Lit up in my anger

W 39:1 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,

X 39:11 Hb obscure

Y 39:11 = Hamon-gog, also in v. 15

Z 39:14 Or basis, some to pass through the land, and with them some to bury those

A 39:16 In Hb, Hamonah is related to the word “horde.”

B 39:26 Some emend to will forget

C 39:26 Lit will bear

D 39:28 Lit behind there any longer

E 40:5 = a long cubit

F 40:5 Lit six cubits by the cubit and a handbreadth

G 40:5 Lit was one rod, also in v. 7

H 40:7 Lit five cubits, also in v. 30

I 40:8-9 Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read gate facing the temple side; it was one rod. 9Then he measured the gate’s portico; it

J 40:9 Lit eight cubits

K 40:9 Lit two cubits

L 40:11 Lit 10 cubits

M 40:11 Lit length

N 40:11 Lit 13 cubits

O 40:12 Lit one cubit, also in v. 42

P 40:12 Lit six cubits

Q 40:13 Lit 25 cubits, also in vv. 21,25,29,33,36

R 40:14 MT adds To the jamb of the court, the gate was all around ; Hb obscure

S 40:14 Lit 60 cubits

T 40:15 Lit 50 cubits, also in vv. 21,25,29,33,36

U 40:19 Lit 100 cubits, also in vv. 23,27,47

V 40:30 Some Hb mss, LXX omit v. 30

W 40:37 LXX; MT reads jambs

X 40:38 Text emended; MT reads door was by the jambs, at the gates

Y 40:42 Lit one and a half cubits

Z 40:43 Lit one handbreadth

A 40:43 Or ledges

B 40:44 LXX reads were two chambers

C 40:44 LXX; MT reads singers, which was

D 40:44 LXX; MT reads east

E 40:48 Lit 14 cubits

F 40:48 LXX; MT omits 24 ½ feet, and the side walls of the gate were

G 40:48 Lit three cubits

H 40:49 Lit 20 cubits

I 40:49 LXX; MT reads 19 ¼

J 40:49 Lit 12 cubits

K 40:49 MT reads and it was on steps that they would go

L 41:1 LXX; MT reads jambs; they were 10 ½ feet wide on each side—the width of the tabernacle

M 41:1 Lit six cubits, also in vv. 3,5

N 41:2 Lit 10 cubits

O 41:2 Lit five cubits, also in vv. 9,11,12

P 41:2 Lit 40 cubits

Q 41:2 Lit 20 cubits, also in vv. 4,10

R 41:3 Lit two cubits, also in v. 22

S 41:3 LXX; MT reads width of the entrance

T 41:3 Lit seven cubits

U 41:5 Lit four cubits

V 41:6 Lit another three and thirty times

W 41:7 Hb obscure

X 41:8 Lit a full rod of six cubits of a joint ; Hb obscure

Y 41:12 Lit 70 cubits

Z 41:12 Lit 90 cubits

A 41:13 Lit 100 cubits

B 41:15 Or ledges

C 41:21-22 Or and in front of the sanctuary was something that looked like 22an altar

D 41:22 Lit three cubits

E 41:22 LXX reads long and 3 ½ feet wide

F 41:22 LXX reads base

G 41:25 Hb obscure

H 41:26 Hb obscure

I 42:2 Lit 100 cubits, also in vv. 4,8

J 42:2 Lit 50 cubits, also in v. 7

K 42:3 Lit 20 cubits

L 42:4 Lit 10 cubits

M 42:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads wide, a way of one cubit

N 42:10 LXX; MT reads east

O 42:12 Or protective ; Hb obscure

P 42:16 Lit 500 in rods, also in vv. 17,18,19

Q 42:16 Lit rod all around, also in vv. 17,18,19

R 42:17 LXX reads Then he turned to the north and

S 42:18 LXX reads Then he turned to the south and

T 43:3 Some Hb mss, Theod, Vg; other Hb mss, LXX, Syr read I

U 43:7 Or monuments, also in v. 9

V 43:7 Some Hb mss, Theod, Tg read their death

W 43:10-11 LXX, Vg; MT reads pattern. 11And if they are ashamed . . . done, reveal

X 43:13 Lit in cubits (a cubit being a cubit plus a handbreadth)

Y 43:13 Lit one cubit, also in vv. 14,17

Z 43:13 Lit one span

A 43:13 LXX reads height

B 43:14 Lit two cubits

C 43:14 Lit four cubits, also in v. 15

D 43:15 Hb obscure

E 43:16 Lit 12 cubits

F 43:17 Lit 14 cubits

G 43:17 Lit one-half cubit

H 43:26 Lit will fill its hands

I 44:7 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads They

J 44:12 Lit I lifted my hand

K 44:19 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read court, to the outer court

L 45:1 Lit 25,000 cubits, also in vv. 3,5,6

M 45:1 LXX reads 20,000 cubits ; MT reads 10,000 cubits

N 45:2 Lit square all around

O 45:2 Lit 500 by 500 cubits

P 45:2 Lit 50 cubits

Q 45:3 Lit this measured portion

R 45:3 Lit 10,000 cubits, also in v. 5

S 45:3 Lit be

T 45:5 LXX; MT, Syr, Tg, Vg read possession—20 chambers

U 45:6 Lit 5,000 cubits

V 45:9 Lit Enough of you

W 45:10 Lit an honest ephah

X 45:10 Lit and an honest bath

Y 45:11 Lit The ephah

Z 45:11 Lit the bath

A 45:11 Lit one-tenth of a homer

B 45:11 Lit one-tenth of a homer

C 45:11 Lit be based on the homer

D 45:12 A shekel is about two-fifths of an ounce of silver

E 45:13 Lit One-sixth of an ephah

F 45:13 Lit a homer

G 45:13 LXX, Vg; MT reads and you are to give

H 45:14 Lit oil, the bath, the oil

I 45:14 Lit be a tenth of the bath from the

J 45:14 Lit 10 baths, a homer

K 45:24 Lit an ephah

L 45:24 Lit a hin

M 45:25 = the Festival of Shelters

N 46:5 Lit an ephah, also in vv. 7,11

O 46:5 Lit a hin, also in vv. 7,11

P 46:9 Or the festivals

Q 46:14 Lit one-sixth of an ephah

R 46:14 Lit one-third of a hin

S 46:22 Hb obscure

T 46:22 Lit 40 cubits

U 46:22 Lit 30 cubits

V 46:23 Or a row

W 47:3 Lit 1,000 cubits, also in vv. 4,5

X 47:8 Or enters the sea, being brought out to the sea ; Hb obscure

Y 47:8 = the Dead Sea

Z 47:9 LXX, Vg; MT reads the two rivers flow

A 47:10 Two springs near the Dead Sea

B 47:13 Tg, Vg; Syr reads The valley of

C 47:14 Lit lifted my hand

D 47:15 LXX; MT reads and Lebo to Zedad, Hamath ; Ezk 48:1

E 47:18 = the Dead Sea

F 47:19 = Kadesh-barnea

G 47:22 Lit They will be to you

H 48:8 Lit 25,000 cubits, also in vv. 9,10,13,15,20,21

I 48:9 Lit 10,000 cubits, also in vv. 10,13,18

J 48:15 Lit 5,000 cubits

K 48:16 Lit 4,500 cubits, also in vv. 30,32,33,34

L 48:17 Lit 250 cubits

M 48:21 Lit border, and to the west,

N 48:35 Lit 18,000 cubits

Daniel

A 1:1 Or Nebuchadrezzar

B 1:2 Lit Shinar

C 1:2 Or gods

D 1:3 Or his eunuchs

E 1:5 Lit to stand before the king

F 1:10 Lit would make my head guilty

G 1:15 Lit fatter of flesh

H 1:20 Lit hands

I 2:2 In this chap. Chaldeans are influential Babylonian wise men.

J 2:4 Dn 2:4–7:28 is written in Aramaic.

K 2:5 Lit be made into limbs

L 2:14 Or executioners

M 2:15 Or urgent

N 2:23 Lit matter

O 2:29 Lit happen after this, also in v. 45

P 2:34 Lit off not by hands

Q 2:40 Lit all these

R 2:43 Lit another in the seed of men

S 2:45 Lit mountain, not by hands

T 3:1 Lit statue, its height sixty cubits, its width six cubits

U 3:5 Or lyre

V 3:5 Or sambuke

W 3:5 Or pipe

X 3:8 Lit and eat the pieces of

Y 3:17 Or If the God whom we serve is willing to save us from the furnace of blazing fire, then he will

Z 3:18 Lit But if not

A 3:21 The identity of these articles of clothing is uncertain.

B 3:22 Or harsh

C 3:22 Lit the flame of the fire

D 3:25 Or of a divine being

E 3:27 Lit fire had not overcome

F 3:28 Or messenger

G 4:11 Lit of all the

H 4:13 = an angel

I 4:16 Lit animal as seven times pass over him

J 4:16 Perhaps seven years

K 4:26 Lit enduring

L 4:26 = God

M 5:2 Or When he tasted

N 5:2 Or father, or grandfather

O 5:3 Theod, Vg add and silver

P 5:5 Lit part of the hand

Q 5:5-6 Lit writing, 6the king’s brightness changed

R 5:6 Lit that the knots of his loins were loosed

S 5:9 Lit his brightness changed on him

T 5:10 Perhaps the queen mother

U 5:10 Lit your brightness change

V 5:23 Lit and all your ways belong to him

W 5:26 Or a mina

X 5:26 The Aramaic word for numbered sounds like mene.

Y 5:27 Or a shekel

Z 5:27 The Aramaic word for weighed sounds like tekel.

A 5:28 Or half a shekel

B 5:28 In Aramaic, the word peres is the sg form of “parsin” in v. 25.

C 5:28 The Aramaic word for divided and Persians sounds like peres.

D 6:1 Lit It was pleasing before Darius

E 6:3 Lit Now this Daniel

F 6:12 Lit the word is certain

G 6:18 Aramaic obscure

H 6:20 Lit said to Daniel

I 6:24 Lit had eaten his pieces

J 6:28 Or Darius, even

K 7:1 Lit beginning

L 7:15 Lit was distressed in the middle of its sheath

M 7:25 Lit wear out

N 7:25 Lit change times

O 7:25 Or for three and a half years

P 7:28 Lit my brightness changed on me

Q 8:3 Lit I lifted my eyes and looked

R 8:5 Lit a horn of a vision

S 8:9 = Israel

T 8:10 Or some of the army, that is, some of the stars

U 8:14 LXX, Theod, Syr, Vg read him

V 8:21 = Alexander the Great

W 8:23 Lit have become complete

X 8:23 Lit strong of face

Y 8:23 Lit king, and understanding riddles

Z 9:11 Lit The curse and the oath

A 9:12 Lit against rulers who ruled us

B 9:18 Lit Stretch out your ear

C 9:23 by God added for clarity

D 9:25 Or until an anointed one, a prince

E 9:26 MT; Theod, some mss read The city and the sanctuary will be destroyed when the ruler comes.

F 9:26 Lit Its, or His

G 9:26 Or end of a

H 9:27 Or will enforce a covenant

I 9:27 LXX; MT reads of abominations

J 9:27 Or And the desolator will be on the wing of abominations, or And the desolator will come on the wings of monsters (or of horror); Hb obscure

K 10:4 = Nisan (March–April)

L 10:5 Some Hb mss read Ophir

M 10:6 The identity of this stone is uncertain.

N 10:8 Lit my splendor was turned on me to ruin

O 10:9 Lit a sleep on my face

P 10:11 by God added for clarity, also in v. 19

Q 10:17 Lit Can I, a servant of my lord

R 10:19 Lit afraid, man

S 11:6 Some Hb mss, Theod read the child ; Syr, Vg read her children

T 11:7 Lit from the shoot of her roots

U 11:10 Lit advance and overflow and pass through

V 11:13 Lit At the end of the times

W 11:16 = Israel

X 11:17 = the king of the South

Y 11:17 Lit him the daughter of women

Z 11:17 Perhaps the kingdom

A 11:18 of the Mediterranean

B 11:20 Or not openly

C 11:21 Or come without warning

D 11:23 Or a few people

E 11:24 Or Without warning

F 11:28 Or the Jewish people and religion

G 11:29 Lit but the last

H 11:30 = the Romans

I 11:37 Or God

J 11:39 Or those he acknowledges

K 11:41 Lit the first

L 11:43 Lit Cushites at his steps

M 11:45 Or the seas at

N 12:4 LXX reads and the earth will be filled with unrighteousness

O 12:7 Lit raised his right and his left

P 12:13 LXX omits to the end

Hosea

A 1:4 = God Sows

B 1:6 = No Compassion

C 1:9 = Not My People

D 1:9 Lit not be yours

E 1:11 Or and flourish in ; Hb obscure

F 2:1 Lit Say to

G 2:6 LXX, Syr; MT reads your

H 2:14 Lit speak to her heart

I 2:15 = Trouble

J 2:16 Or My Master

K 2:18 Or war on the earth

L 2:23 = Israel

M 3:2 LXX reads barley and a measure of wine

N 3:2 Lit silver, a homer of barley, and a lethek of barley

O 4:4 Text emended; MT reads argue, and your people are like those contending with a priest

P 4:4 Hb obscure

Q 4:7 Alt Hb tradition, Syr, Tg read They

R 4:7 Alt Hb tradition reads my

S 4:8 Or sin offerings

T 4:12 Lit promiscuously from under

U 4:15 = House of Wickedness

V 4:18 Lit Her shields ; Ps 47:9; 89:18

W 4:18 Hb obscure

X 4:19 Lit wind will bind it in its wings

Y 5:2 Hb obscure

Z 5:5 Lit against his face

A 5:8 Or We will follow you

B 5:11 Or follow a command ; Hb obscure

C 5:13 Or to King Yareb

D 6:5 Or have cut down the prophets

E 6:5 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads Your judgments go out as light

F 6:7 Or they, as at Adam, or they, like men,

G 6:11 Or you. Judah, when I

H 7:5 Lit wine—he stretches out his hand to scorners ; Hb obscure

I 7:3-7 These vv. may refer to a king’s assassination; Hb obscure.

J 7:10 Lit against his face

K 7:12 Lit news to

L 7:14 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read They stay

M 7:16 Some emend to turn to what is useless

N 8:4 Lit themselves that it might be cut off

O 8:5 Lit calf

P 8:12 Or Though I wrote out . . . instruction, they are

Q 8:13 Hb obscure

R 9:10 = Baal

S 10:1 Or ravaged

T 10:2 Or divided

U 10:6 Or to King Yareb

V 10:7 Or will be cut off

W 10:7 Or a stick

X 10:10 LXX, Syr, Vg read against them when they are disciplined

Y 10:11 Lit will pass over

Z 10:13 LXX reads your chariots

A 11:2 Lit They called to them; thus they went from before them

B 11:3 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads him

C 11:3 Lit them on his arms

D 11:6 Or devour his empty talkers, or devour his limbs ; Hb obscure

E 11:9 Or come into any city ; Hb obscure

F 11:12 Hb obscure

G 12:1 Or grazes on, or tends

H 12:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads us

I 12:8 Lit iniquity which is sin

J 12:9 LXX reads God who brought you out of

K 13:2 Or “Those who make human sacrifices

L 13:4 DSS, LXX read God who brought you out of

M 13:5 LXX, Syr read fed

N 13:9 LXX reads At your destruction, Israel, who will help you?

O 13:10 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads I will be your king

P 13:10 Lit your

Q 13:10 Or judges

R 13:13 Lit he will not present himself at the opening of the womb for sons

S 13:14 Or Should I ransom . . . ? Should I redeem . . . ?

T 13:15 Or among reeds

U 13:15 Probably the Assyrian king

V 14:2 LXX reads with the fruit

W 14:2 Lit repay the bulls of our

X 14:8 LXX reads he

Joel

A 1:11 Or The farmers are dismayed, the vinedressers wail

B 1:17 Or clods ; Hb obscure

C 1:20 Or animals pant for ; Hb obscure

D 2:16 Or elders

E 2:23 Or righteousness

F 3:2 = The LORD Will Judge

G 3:8 Probably the south Arabian kingdom of Sheba (modern Yemen)

H 3:11 LXX, Syr, Tg read Gather yourselves and come ; Hb obscure

I 3:18 Or Shittim

J 3:21 LXX, Syr read I will avenge their blood

Amos

A 1:1 Or the shepherds

B 1:2 Or dry up

C 1:5 Lit gate bars

D 1:9 Lit and did not remember

E 2:13 Or hinder ; Hb obscure

F 3:12 Or Israelites will be rescued, those who sit in Samaria on a corner of a bed or a

G 3:12 Hb obscure

H 3:12 LXX, Aq, Sym, Theod, Syr, Tg, Vg read or in Damascus

I 4:2 Lit coming on you

J 4:6 Lit you cleanness of teeth

K 4:11 Lit God

L 5:8 Or turns the shadow of death

M 5:9 Hb obscure

N 5:9 Or stronghold

O 5:13 Or who are prudent will perish

P 5:16 Lit will say, “Alas! Alas! ”

Q 5:16 Lit and those skilled in lamentation

R 5:26 Or you will lift up

S 5:26 LXX reads taken up the tent of Molech and the star of your god Rephan ; Ac 7:43

T 6:5 Hb obscure

U 6:5 Or compose on

V 6:10 Lit His uncle

W 6:10 A burner of incense, a memorial fire, or a body; Hb obscure

X 6:10 Lit remove bones

Y 6:12 Some emend to plow the sea

Z 6:14 Or from Lebo-hamath

A 6:14 Probably the Valley of Zared at the southeast end of the Dead Sea

B 7:12 Lit Eat bread

C 7:14 Or am

D 7:14 = a prophet’s disciple or a member of a prophetic guild

E 7:14 Or am

F 7:17 Lit unclean

G 8:2 In Hb the word for summer fruit sounds like the word for end.

H 8:3 Or palace

I 8:5 Lit reduce the ephah and make the shekel great

J 8:7 = the LORD or the promised land

K 8:10 Lit every waist

L 8:14 LXX reads god

M 8:14 Or power

N 9:7 Probably Crete

O 9:10 Or “You will not let disaster come near

P 9:12 LXX reads so that the remnant of man and all the nations . . . may seek me ; Ac 15:17

Q 9:14 Or restore my people Israel from captivity

Obadiah

A 1 = Edom

B 3 Or in Sela ; probably = Petra

C 3 Probably Petra

D 4 Or to build high

E 7 Some LXX mss, Sym, Tg, Vg; MT reads They will set your bread as

F 9 = a region or city in Edom

G 11 Or forces

H 12-14 Or You should not throughout vv. 12-14

I 12 Lit not make your mouth big

J 14 Hb obscure

K 17 DSS, LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg; MT reads Jacob will possess its inheritance

L 18 Lit they

M 18 Lit them

N 19 = The house of Jacob

O 20 Or of this host of the Israelites ; Hb obscure

P 21 Or Those who have been delivered

Jonah

A 1:6 Or God

B 1:9 Or fear

C 2:2 Lit from the stomach of

D 2:3 Lit river

E 2:4 LXX reads said, “Indeed, will I look . . . ?

F 2:5 Or me, threatening my life

G 2:9 Or Deliverance

H 3:3 Or was a great city to God

I 3:8 Or injustice, or violence

J 4:6 Or disaster, or evil

Micah

A 1:2 Or land

B 1:3 Or high places

C 1:8 Or eagle owls ; lit daughters of the desert

D 1:11 Lit its standing place ; Hb obscure

E 1:15 Lit glory

F 2:5 Lit LORD stretching the measuring line by lot

G 2:6 = the prophets

H 2:6 Text emended; MT reads things. Shame will not depart

I 2:9 Perhaps the land

J 3:7 Lit mustache

K 4:8 Or flock, Ophel

L 4:10 Hb obscure

M 4:13 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads I

N 5:2 Lit His going out

O 5:6 Aq, Vg; MT, Sym read Nimrod at its gateways

P 5:14 Or shrines

Q 6:1 Lit voice

R 6:5 Or from Shittim

S 6:9 = Jerusalem

T 6:9 Or attention, you tribe. Who has ordained it? ; Hb obscure

U 6:10 Hb obscure

V 6:13 LXX, Aq, Theod, Syr, Vg; MT reads I have made you sick by striking you down

W 6:14 Hb obscure

X 6:16 Lit and its

Y 6:16 Lit residents a hissing

Z 6:16 LXX reads of the peoples

A 7:9 Or righteousness

B 7:15 = Israel

C 7:16 Or ashamed in spite of

D 7:19 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read their

Nahum

A 1:2 Lit is a master of

B 1:5 Some emend to earth is laid waste

C 1:5 Lit lifts

D 1:8 Lit her place

E 1:9 = Nineveh

F 1:10 Hb obscure

G 1:11 Possibly Nineveh

H 1:12 Lit intact

I 1:12 Either the king of Assyria or his army

J 1:12 = Judah

K 1:14 Lit It will not be sown from your name any longer

L 2:1 Lit Strengthen

M 2:2 Or like

N 2:3 = the army commander attacking Nineveh

O 2:7 Text emended; MT reads Huzzab

P 2:7 Hb obscure

Q 2:8 Hb obscure

R 2:13 Lit will burn her chariots in smoke

S 3:8 Hb No-amon

T 3:8 LXX, Syr, Vg read water

U 3:8 Lit sea from sea

V 3:9 Lit your

W 3:11 = Nineveh

X 3:11 Or will be overcome

Y 3:16 Or sheds its skin

Habakkuk

A 1:3 Lit observe, also in v. 13

B 1:5 DSS, LXX, Syr read Look, you treacherous people

C 1:6 = the Babylonians

D 1:8 Or and quicker

E 1:9 Hb obscure

F 1:11 Or wind, and transgress and incur guilt

G 1:12 Alt Hb tradition reads we

H 1:13 = Babylon

I 1:13 = Judah

J 2:1 Syr reads what he will

K 2:2 Lit one who reads in it may run

L 2:4 Hb obscure

M 2:4 Or faithfulness

N 2:5 DSS read wealth

O 2:5 Or man does not endure ; Hb obscure

P 2:9 Or dynasty

Q 2:15 Or venom

R 2:16 DSS, LXX, Aq, Syr, Vg read and stagger

S 2:17 DSS, LXX, Aq, Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads them

T 3:1 Perhaps a passionate song with rapid changes of rhythm, or a dirge

U 3:6 Or surveys

V 3:7 = Midian

W 3:9 Or set

X 3:9 Hb obscure

Y 3:10 Lit hands

Z 3:13 The Davidic king or the nation of Israel

A 3:13 Lit foundation

B 3:19 Lit on my

Zephaniah

A 1:3 Perhaps objects connected with idolatry

B 1:5 Some LXX mss, Syr, Vg; MT, other LXX mss read their king

C 1:9 Hb obscure

D 1:11 Or the market district

E 1:11 Or Canaanites

F 1:12 Lit who thicken on their dregs

G 2:1 Or shameless

H 2:5 = Sea Peoples

I 2:14 Lit every wild animal of a nation

J 2:14 Or the pelicans

K 2:14 Or the hedgehogs

L 2:14 Lit sing

M 2:14 LXX, Vg read ravens

N 2:14 Hb obscure

O 2:15 Or hisses

P 3:1 Or filthy

Q 3:3 Lit Her

R 3:3 Or that had nothing to gnaw in

S 3:7 LXX, Syr read her eyes

T 3:8 LXX, Syr read for a witness ; Vg reads up forever

U 3:9 Lit with one shoulder

V 3:11 = Israel

W 3:17 LXX, Syr read He will renew you

X 3:18 = Jerusalem

Y 3:18 Hb obscure

Z 3:20 = people of Israel

Haggai

A 1:1 King of Persia reigned 522–486 BC

B 1:4 = the temple

C 1:5 Lit Place your heart on, also in v. 7

D 1:9 Lit blew on

E 1:10 Or So above you

F 2:9 Or The glory of this latter house

G 2:16 Hb obscure

Zechariah

A 1:8 Lit red

B 1:8 Lit depths

C 1:15 Lit they helped for evil

D 1:21 Lit throw down

E 2:8 Or apple

F 2:8 Alt Hb tradition; MT reads his

G 2:11 LXX, Syr read his

H 3:1 Or the accuser

I 3:2 Syr reads The Angel of the LORD

J 3:3 Probably stained with human excrement

K 3:4 Lit he

L 3:4 = the angels

M 4:2 Or seven lips to

N 4:10 Lit the tin stone

O 4:12 Or branches

P 4:14 = Joshua and Zerubbabel

Q 5:2 Lit 20 cubits

R 5:2 Lit 10 cubits

S 5:3 Or side, will be removed

T 5:6 Lit It’s an ephah

U 5:6 One Hb ms, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read eye

V 6:2 Lit red

W 6:5 Or winds

X 6:11 Lit crowns

Y 6:14 Probably Josiah

Z 7:7 Or prosperous

A 8:7 Lit sunset

B 9:1 Or eyes of the LORD are on mankind

C 9:9 Or and has salvation

D 9:13 Lit Javan

E 10:3 Lit male goats

F 10:4 Lit him

G 10:4 Lit also from him the . . . , from him every

H 10:6 = the northern kingdom

I 10:6 Other Hb mss, LXX read settle

J 10:11 Lit He

K 11:3 Lit for the majesty of the Jordan is

L 11:7 LXX reads slaughter that belonged to the sheep merchants

M 11:11 LXX reads and the sheep merchants

N 11:13 Syr reads treasury

O 11:13 One Hb ms, Syr read treasury

P 11:16 Or young

Q 11:16 Or exhausted

R 11:17 Lit be against

S 12:10 Or out the Spirit

T 12:10 Or to

U 12:12 = a son of David

V 12:13 = a descendant of Levi

W 13:2 = false prophets

X 13:5 Or sold

Y 13:6 Lit wounds between your hands

Z 13:8 Lit two-thirds in it

A 14:5 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sym, Tg read The valley of my mountains will be blocked

B 14:5 LXX reads It will be blocked as it was blocked

C 14:5 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg, Tg, Syr; other Hb mss read you

D 14:6 LXX, Sym, Syr, Tg, Vg read no light or cold or ice

E 14:6 Lit no light; the precious ones will congeal

F 14:8 = the Dead Sea

G 14:8 = the Mediterranean Sea

H 14:10 Or will be inhabited

I 14:10 Or the former gate

J 14:15 Lit be on

K 14:18 Lit family

L 14:21 Or merchant

Malachi

A 1:1 = My Messenger

B 1:4 Or will return and build

C 1:4 Or LORD is angry with

D 1:5 Or great over

E 1:11 Or Burnt offerings

F 1:11 Or is great . . . are presented . . . is great

G 1:13 Lit blow at

H 1:13 Alt Hb tradition reads me

I 1:13 Or injured

J 2:3 Dung or entrails

K 2:8 Lit corrupted

L 2:11 Or profaned what is holy to the LORD

M 2:11 = a woman who worshiped a foreign god

N 2:12 Hb obscure

O 2:15 Hb obscure

P 2:15 Lit So guard yourselves in your spirit

Q 2:15 Lit your

R 2:16 Or The LORD God of Israel says that he hates divorce and the one who

S 2:16 Lit Therefore, guard yourselves in your spirit

T 3:2 Lit cleansing agent

U 3:6 Or Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob are not destroyed

V 3:9 Or because

W 3:11 Perhaps locusts

X 4:2 Or like stall-fed calves

Y 4:6 Or earth