Yesaya 38:4

38:4 The Lord told Isaiah, ¹ 

Yehezkiel 1:3

1:3 the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel ²  the son of Buzi, ³  at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. ⁴  The hand ⁵  of the Lord came on him there).

Mikha 1:1

Introduction

1:1 This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to ⁶  Micah of Moresheth. He delivered this message ⁷  during the reigns of ⁸  Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The prophecies pertain to ⁹  Samaria ¹⁰  and Jerusalem. ¹¹ 

[38:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying.”

[1:3]  ² sn The prophet’s name, Ezekiel, means in Hebrew “May God strengthen.”

[1:3]  ³ tn Or “to Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest.”

[1:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The name of the tribal group ruling Babylon, “Chaldeans” is used as metonymy for the whole empire of Babylon. The Babylonians worked with the Medes to destroy the Assyrian Empire near the end of the 7th century b.c. Then, over the next century, the Babylonians dominated the West Semitic states (such as Phoenicia, Aram, Moab, Edom, and Judah in the modern countries of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel) and made incursions into Egypt.

[1:3]  ⁵ tn Or “power.”

[1:3]  sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s “hand” being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

[1:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “The word of the Lord which came to.”

[1:1]  ⁷ tn The words “he delivered this message” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[1:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the days of” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[1:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “which he saw concerning.”

[1:1]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:1]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.