Jeremiah 49:19

Footnotes

1. 38 See the study note on for the rendering of this term.
2. 39 “The pasture-ground on the everflowing river” according to 42 I אֵיתָן 1. The “everflowing river” refers to the Jordan.
3. 40 Heb “Behold, like a lion comes up from the thicket of the Jordan into the pastureland of everflowing water so [reading כֵּן (ken) for כִּי (ki); or “indeed” (reading כִּי as an asseverative particle with J. A. Thompson, Jeremiah [], , n. 6)] I will suddenly chase him [Edom] from upon it [the land].” The sentence has been restructured to better conform with contemporary English style and the significance of the simile drawn from the comparison has been spelled out for the sake of clarity. The form אַרְגִּיעָה (’argi’ah) is functioning here as an adverbial modifier in a verbal hendiadys (cf. §120.g).
4. 41 For the use of the interrogative מִי (mi) in the sense of “whoever” and functioning like an adjective see 567 מִי g and compare the usage in Prov 9:4, 16.
5. 42 For the meaning of this verb in the sense of “arraign” or “call before the bar of justice” compare Job 9:19 and see 417 יָעַד Hiph.
6. 43 The interrogative מִי (mi) is rendered “there is no one” in each of the last three occurrences in this verse because it is used in a rhetorical question that expects the answer “no one” or “none” and is according to 566 מִי f(c) equivalent to a rhetorical negative.
7. 44 The word “shepherd” (רֹעֶה, ro’eh) has been used often in the book of Jeremiah to refer metaphorically to the ruler or leader (cf. 945 I רָעָה Qal.1.d(2) and compare usage, e.g., in Jer 2:8; 23:1).