17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city 1 of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die!
1 tn Heb “place.”
2 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something.
3 sn Heb “hand.” “Giving one’s hand” is a gesture of promise (2 Kgs 10:15).