Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
7 For I suffer[a] humiliation for your sake[b]
and am thoroughly disgraced.[c]
8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;
they act as if I were a foreigner.[d]
9 Certainly[e] zeal for[f] your house[g] consumes me;
I endure the insults of those who insult you.[h]
10 I weep and refrain from eating food,[i]
which causes others to insult me.[j]
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:7 tn Heb “carry, bear.”
- Psalm 69:7 tn Heb “on account of you.”
- Psalm 69:7 tn Heb “and shame covers my face.”
- Psalm 69:8 tn Heb “and I am estranged to my brothers, and a foreigner to the sons of my mother.”
- Psalm 69:9 tn Or “for.” This verse explains that the psalmist’s suffering is due to his allegiance to God.
- Psalm 69:9 tn Or “devotion to.”
- Psalm 69:9 sn God’s house, the temple, here represents by metonymy God himself.
- Psalm 69:9 tn Heb “the insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”sn Jn 2:17 applies the first half of this verse to Jesus’ ministry in the context of John’s account of Jesus cleansing the temple.
- Psalm 69:10 sn Fasting was a practice of mourners. By refraining from normal activities such as eating food, the mourner demonstrated the sincerity of his sorrow.
- Psalm 69:10 tn Heb “and it becomes insults to me.”
11 I wear sackcloth
and they ridicule me.[a]
12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me;
drunkards mock me in their songs.[b]
13 O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me.[c]
O God, because of your great loyal love,
answer me with your faithful deliverance.[d]
14 Rescue me from the mud. Don’t let me sink.
Deliver me[e] from those who hate me,
from the deep water.
15 Don’t let the current overpower me.
Don’t let the deep swallow me up.
Don’t let the Pit[f] devour me.[g]
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:11 tn Heb “and I am an object of ridicule to them.”
- Psalm 69:12 tn Heb “the mocking songs of the drinkers of beer.”
- Psalm 69:13 tn Heb “as for me, [may] my prayer be to you, O Lord, [in] a time of favor.”
- Psalm 69:13 tn Heb “O God, in the abundance of your loyal love, answer me in the faithfulness of your deliverance.”
- Psalm 69:14 tn Heb “let me be delivered.”
- Psalm 69:15 tn Heb “well,” which here symbolizes the place of the dead (cf. Ps 55:23).
- Psalm 69:15 tn Heb “do not let the well close its mouth upon me.”
16 Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good.[a]
Because of your great compassion, turn toward me.
17 Do not ignore[b] your servant,
for I am in trouble. Answer me right away.[c]
18 Come near me and redeem me.[d]
Because of my enemies, rescue me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:16 tn Or “pleasant”; or “desirable.”
- Psalm 69:17 tn Heb “do not hide your face from.” The Hebrew idiom “hide the face” can (1) mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).
- Psalm 69:17 tn Or “quickly.”
- Psalm 69:18 tn Heb “come near my life and redeem it.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Ps 19:14).
Jeremiah is Flogged and Put in A Cell
20 Now Pashhur son of Immer heard Jeremiah prophesy these things. He was the priest who was chief of security[a] in the Lord’s temple. 2 When he heard Jeremiah’s prophecy, he had the prophet flogged.[b] Then he put him in the stocks[c] that were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord’s temple.[d] 3 But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not ‘Pashhur’ but ‘Terror is Everywhere.’[e] 4 For the Lord says, ‘I will make both you and your friends terrified of what will happen to you.[f] You will see all of them die by the swords of their enemies.[g] I will hand all the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will carry some of them away into exile in Babylon and he will kill others of them with the sword. 5 I will hand over all the wealth of this city to their enemies. I will hand over to them all the fruits of the labor of the people of this city and all their prized possessions, as well as all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will seize it all as plunder[h] and carry it off to Babylon. 6 You, Pashhur, and all your household[i] will go into exile in Babylon. You will die there and you will be buried there. The same thing will happen to all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’”[j]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 20:1 tn Heb “chief overseer/officer.” The translation follows the suggestion of P. C. Craigie, P. H. Kelley, J. F. Drinkard, Jeremiah 1-25 (WBC), 267, based on the parallel passage in 29:26-27, where this official appears to have been in charge of maintaining order in the temple.sn Judging from a comparison of this passage with Jer 29:26-27 and that passage in turn with 2 Kgs 25:18, Pashhur held an office second in rank only to the high priest. He was in charge of keeping order in the temple and took offense at what he heard Jeremiah saying.
- Jeremiah 20:2 tn Heb “And Pashhur son of Immer, the priest and he [= who] was chief overseer [or officer] in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these words/things, 20:2 and Pashhur had the prophet Jeremiah flogged.” This verse and the previous one have been restructured in the translation to better conform with contemporary English style.
- Jeremiah 20:2 tn The meaning of this word is uncertain. It occurs only here; in 29:26, where it is followed by a parallel word that occurs only there and is generally translated “collar”; and in 2 Chr 16:10, where it is preceded by the word “house of.” It is most often translated “stocks” and explained as an instrument of confinement for keeping prisoners in a crooked position (from its relation to a root meaning “to turn”). See BDB 246 s.v. מַהְפֶּכֶת and KBL 500 s.v. מַהְפֶּכֶת for definition and discussion. For a full discussion including the interpretation of the ancient versions, see W. L. Holladay, Jeremiah (Hermeneia), 1:542-43.
- Jeremiah 20:2 sn A comparison of Ezek 8:3 and 9:2 in their contexts will show that this probably refers to the northern gate to the inner court of the temple. It is called Upper because it was on higher ground above the gate in the outer court. It is qualified by “in the Lord’s temple” to distinguish it from the Benjamin Gate in the city wall (cf. 37:13; 38:7). Like the Benjamin Gate in the city wall it faced north toward the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Jeremiah 20:3 tn This name is translated rather than transliterated to aid the reader in understanding this name and to connect it clearly with the explanation that follows in the next verse. For a discussion on the significance of this name and an attempt to explain it as a pun on the name “Pashhur,” see J. A. Thompson, Jeremiah (NICOT), 455, n. 35.sn The name given to Pashhur is essentially a curse pronounced by Jeremiah invoking the Lord’s authority. The same phrase occurs in Jer 6:25; 46:5; and 49:29, which are all in the context of war. In ancient Israelite culture a change in name denoted a change in status or destiny. See, for example, the shift from Jacob (“He grabs the heel” and “Cheater” or “Deceiver,” Gen 25:26; 27:36) to Israel (“He perseveres with God,” Gen 32:28).
- Jeremiah 20:4 tn Heb “I will make you an object of terror to both you and your friends.”
- Jeremiah 20:4 tn Heb “And they will fall by the sword of their enemies and [with] your eyes seeing [it].”
- Jeremiah 20:5 tn Heb “Take them [the goods, etc.] as plunder and seize them.”
- Jeremiah 20:6 tn Heb “all who live in your house.” This included his family and his servants.
- Jeremiah 20:6 sn As a member of the priesthood and the protector of order in the temple, Pashhur was undoubtedly one of those who promulgated the deceptive belief that the Lord’s presence in the temple was a guarantee of Judah’s safety (cf. 7:4, 8). Judging from the fact that two other men held the same office after the leading men in the city were carried into exile in 597 b.c. (see Jer 29:25-26 and compare 29:1-2 for the date and 2 Kgs 24:12-16 for the facts), this prophecy was probably fulfilled in 597. For a similar kind of oracle of judgment see Amos 7:10-17.
53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law[a] and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly,[b] and to ask him hostile questions[c] about many things, 54 plotting against[d] him, to catch[e] him in something he might say.
Fear God, Not People
12 Meanwhile,[f] when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus[g] began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against[h] the yeast of the Pharisees,[i] which is hypocrisy.[j] 2 Nothing is hidden[k] that will not be revealed,[l] and nothing is secret that will not be made known. 3 So then[m] whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered[n] in private rooms[o] will be proclaimed from the housetops.[p]
Footnotes
- Luke 11:53 tn Or “the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.
- Luke 11:53 tn Or “terribly.”
- Luke 11:53 tn For this term see L&N 33.183.
- Luke 11:54 tn Grk “lying in ambush against,” but this is a figurative extension of that meaning.
- Luke 11:54 tn This term was often used in a hunting context (BDAG 455 s.v. θηρεύω; L&N 27.30). Later examples of this appear in Luke 20.
- Luke 12:1 tn The phrase ἐν οἷς (en hois) can be translated “meanwhile.”
- Luke 12:1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Luke 12:1 tn According to L&N 27.59, “to pay attention to, to keep on the lookout for, to be alert for, to be on your guard against.” This is another Lukan present imperative calling for constant vigilance.
- Luke 12:1 sn See the note on Pharisees in 5:17.
- Luke 12:1 sn The pursuit of popularity can lead to hypocrisy, if one is not careful.
- Luke 12:2 tn Or “concealed.”
- Luke 12:2 sn I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice verbs here (“be revealed,” be made known”) see the revelation as coming from God. The text is both a warning about bad things being revealed and an encouragement that good things will be made known, though the stress with the images of darkness and what is hidden in vv. 2-3 is on the attempt to conceal.
- Luke 12:3 tn Or “because.” Understanding this verse as a result of v. 2 is a slightly better reading of the context. Knowing what is coming should impact our behavior now.
- Luke 12:3 tn Grk “spoken in the ear,” an idiom. The contemporary expression is “whispered.”
- Luke 12:3 sn The term translated private rooms refers to the inner room of a house, normally without any windows opening outside, the most private location possible (BDAG 988 s.v. ταμεῖον 2).
- Luke 12:3 tn The expression “proclaimed from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century Jewish houses in Judea and Galilee were flat and had access either from outside or from within the house. Something shouted from atop a house would be heard by everyone in the street below.
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