3:1 Again the punctuation of RSV is strange. It opens a quotation at the beginning of this verse and apparently continues the same quotation to the end of verse 15. It seems that the Lord is regarded as the speaker throughout. No other version we have seen punctuates in this way, which neglects the rhetorical structure of the Hebrew. This Handbook will indicate in the appropriate places where it regards quotations as beginning and ending. In this case the quotation is taken to extend from verse 1
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