¹tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.” So also in v. 2.
²tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”
³tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
⁴tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.
⁵tn Heb “I said.”
⁶tc The MT lacks “and” here, but see the LXX and Vulgate.
⁷tn Heb “the kings of the lands.”
⁸tn Heb “according to a little moment.”
⁹tn Heb “a peg” or “tent peg.” The imagery behind this word is drawn from the experience of nomads who put down pegs as they pitched their tents and made camp after times of travel.
¹⁰tn Heb “to cause our eyes to shine.” The expression is a figure of speech for “to revive.” See DCH 1:160.
¹¹tn Heb “has granted us reviving.”
¹²tn Heb “to cause to stand.”
¹³map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
¹⁴tn Heb “through your servants the prophets, saying.”
¹⁵tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”
¹⁶tn Heb “held back downwards from.”
¹⁷tn Heb “this”; the referent (the guilt mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.