Keluaran 33:16

33:16 For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?” ¹ 

Bilangan 23:9

23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see them; ² 

from the hills I watch them. ³ 

Indeed, a nation that lives alone,

and it will not be reckoned ⁴  among the nations.

Yeremia 23:6

23:6 Under his rule ⁵  Judah will enjoy safety ⁶ 

and Israel will live in security. ⁷ 

This is the name he will go by:

‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ ⁸ 

Yeremia 33:16

33:16 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety ⁹  and Jerusalem ¹⁰  will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called “The Lord has provided us with justice.” ¹¹ 

Yehezkiel 34:25

34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely ¹²  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ¹³ 

Wahyu 21:27

21:27 but ¹⁴  nothing ritually unclean ¹⁵  will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable ¹⁶  or practices falsehood, ¹⁷  but only those whose names ¹⁸  are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Wahyu 22:14-15

22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access ¹⁹  to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates. 22:15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers ²⁰  and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood! ²¹ 

[33:16]  ¹ sn See W. Brueggemann, “The Crisis and Promise of Presence in Israel,” HBT 1 (1979): 47-86; and N. M. Waldman, “God’s Ways – A Comparative Note,” JQR 70 (1979): 67-70.

[23:9]  ² tn Heb “him,” but here it refers to the Israelites (Israel).

[23:9]  ³ sn Balaam reports his observation of the nation of Israel spread out below him in the valley. Based on that vision, and the Lord’s word, he announces the uniqueness of Israel – they are not just like one of the other nations. He was correct, of course; they were the only people linked with the living God by covenant.

[23:9]  ⁴ tn The verb could also be taken as a reflexive – Israel does not consider itself as among the nations, meaning, they consider themselves to be unique.

[23:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”

[23:6]  ⁶ tn Parallelism and context (cf. v. 4) suggest this nuance for the word often translated “be saved.” For this nuance elsewhere see Ps 119:117; Prov 28:18 for the verb (יָשַׁע [yasha’] in the Niphal); and Ps 12:6; Job 5:4, 11 for the related noun (יֶשַׁע, yesha’).

[23:6]  ⁷ sn It should be noted that this brief oracle of deliverance implies the reunification of Israel and Judah under the future Davidic ruler. Jeremiah has already spoken about this reunification earlier in 3:18 and will have more to say about it in 30:3; 31:27, 31. This same ideal was espoused in the prophecies of Hosea (1:10-11 [2:1-2 HT]), Isaiah (11:1-4, 10-12), and Ezekiel (37:15-28) all of which have messianic and eschatological significance.

[23:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The Lord our righteousness’.”

[23:6]  sn The Hebrew word translated “justice” here is very broad in its usage, and it is hard to catch all the relevant nuances for this word in this context. It is used for “vindication” in legal contexts (see, e.g., Job 6:29), for “deliverance” or “salvation” in exilic contexts (see, e.g., Isa 58:8), and in the sense of ruling, judging with “justice” (see, e.g., Lev 19:15; Isa 32:1). Here it probably sums up the justice that the Lord provides through raising up this ruler as well as the safety, security, and well-being that result (see vv. 5-6a). In the NT this takes on soteriological connotations (see 1 Cor 1:31 in its context).

[33:16]  ⁹ tn For the translation of this term in this context see the parallel context in 23:6 and consult the translator’s note there.

[33:16]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And this is what will be called to it: ‘The Lord our righteousness.’”

[33:16]  sn For the significance of this title see the study note on the parallel text in 23:6. Other titles by which Jerusalem is to be known are found in Isa 62:2-4; Jer 3:17; Ezek 48:35; Zech 8:3 emphasizing that the Lord takes up his relation with it once again, dwells in it, delights in it, and finds it faithful once more (cf. Isa 1:26). In 23:6 the title is applied to the Davidic ruler that the Lord will raise up over them who will do what is just and right. God’s vindication of the city by its restoration after exile and his provision of this just ruler over it is the probable source for the title.

[34:25]  ¹² tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).

[34:25]  ¹³ sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).

[21:27]  ¹⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[21:27]  ¹⁵ tn Here BDAG 552 s.v. κοινός 2 states, “pert. to being of little value because of being common, common, ordinary, profane…b. specifically, of that which is ceremonially impure: Rv 21:27.”

[21:27]  ¹⁶ tn Or “what is abhorrent”; Grk “who practices abominations.”

[21:27]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “practicing abomination or falsehood.” Because of the way βδέλυγμα (bdelugma) has been translated (“does what is detestable”) it was necessary to repeat the idea from the participle ποιῶν (poiwn, “practices”) before the term “falsehood.” On this term, BDAG 1097 s.v. ψεῦδος states, “ποιεῖν ψεῦδος practice (the things that go with) falsehood Rv 21:27; 22:15.” Cf. Rev 3:9.

[21:27]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “those who are written”; the word “names” is implied.

[22:14]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “so that there will be to them authority over the tree of life.”

[22:15]  ²⁰ tn On the term φάρμακοι (farmakoi) see L&N 53.101.

[22:15]  ²¹ tn Or “lying,” “deceit.”