From 2715b86745a1d89b8a7034037b9012b326d7fa25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 19:23:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update jer/23/14.md --- jer/23/14.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/jer/23/14.md b/jer/23/14.md index e76b697925..335ab7a794 100644 --- a/jer/23/14.md +++ b/jer/23/14.md @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ # They commit adultery -Possible meanings are 1) they were literally unfaithful to their wives or 2) their worship of other gods is spoken of as spiritual adultery. +Possible meanings: they were literally unfaithful to their wives or their worship of other gods is spoken of as spiritual adultery. # walk in deceit -This idiom means they lived a life of deceit. Alternate translation: "live in dishonesty" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]]) +"live in dishonesty" # They strengthen the hands of evildoers -Here "hands" refers to the whole person. Alternate translation: "They strengthen those who do evil" or "They encourage people who do evil" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]]) +"They strengthen those who do evil" or "They encourage people who do evil" # no one turns back from his wickedness @@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ Here "hands" refers to the whole person. Alternate translation: "They strengthen # All of them have become like Sodom ... like Gomorrah -Sodom and Gomorrah were cities that were so wicked that God destroyed them with fire from heaven. Alternate translation: "They all became as evil as Sodom ... as wicked as Gomorrah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]]) - +"They all became as evil as Sodom ... as wicked as Gomorrah". Sodom and Gomorrah were cities that were so wicked that God destroyed them with fire from heaven. \ No newline at end of file