double<\/mark> destruction.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Aramaic Bible in Plain English also uses the same word:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup>My persecutors shall be ashamed and I shall not be ashamed. They shall be broken and I shall not be broken. Bring upon them the day of evil, and break them with double<\/mark> ruin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe New American Standard Bible (NASB 1995) uses a different word: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup>Let those who persecute me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame; Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring on them a day of disaster, And crush them with twofold<\/mark> destruction!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Literal Standard Version and Young\u2019s Literal Translation has it this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup>Let my pursuers be ashamed, | And do not let me be ashamed\u2014me! Let them be frightened, | And do not let me be frightened\u2014me! Bring in on them a day of calamity, | And destroy them a second time<\/mark> [with] destruction.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Christian Standard Bible (CSB) and Holman CSB are among the other translations that have used a different translation option:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup>Let my persecutors be put to shame, but don\u2019t let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but don\u2019t let me be terrified. Bring on them the day of disaster; shatter them with total<\/mark> destruction.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe GOD\u2019S WORD Translation uses another word for \u201ctotal\u201d as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup>Put my persecutors to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Terrify them, but do not let me be terrified. Bring the day of disaster on them, and destroy them completely<\/mark>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Good News Translation also seems to mean \u201ctotal\u201d about the destruction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup>Bring disgrace on those who persecute me, but spare me, LORD. Fill them with terror, but do not terrify me. Bring disaster on them and break them to pieces<\/mark>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Contemporary English Version (CEV) uses another approach:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup>Keep me from failure and disgrace, but make my enemies fail and be disgraced. Send destruction to make their worst fears come true<\/mark>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, the New English Translation (NET) Bible appears to get it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup>May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve<\/mark>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFrom the foregoing, and referring to Dr. Kline\u2019s earlier treatment of the Hebrew \u05db\u05b4\u05bc\u05e4\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u0596\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd (\u201ckiphlayim\u201d from \u05db\u05b6\u05bc\u05e4\u05b6\u05dc \u201ckephel\u201d) in Isaiah 40:2 and \u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05e0\u05b5\u05a4\u05d4<\/mark> (\u201cmishneh\u201d) in Jeremiah 16:18 being used to mean a commensurate or appropriate equivalent punishment, it would also behoove us to use this same translation option for Jeremiah 17:18. After all, destruction is also a form of God\u2019s punishment for his wayward people; more so for those persecuting his prophets.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTo reiterate, God is righteous and fair. He will always execute the right judgment with wisdom and hand down the appropriate measure of divine punishment. The NET Bible\u2019s translation of Psalm 36:6 should be an instructive guide in all cases (as it speaks about the LORD\u2019s character):<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6<\/sup>Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nHence, my formal equivalence translation of Jeremiah 17:18 using Dr. Kline\u2019s suggested word meaning of (matching) equivalent follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
18<\/sup>They will be ashamed, (whoever is) persecuting me, and let me not be ashamed – me; they will be shattered, and let me not be shattered \u2013 me; bring upon them a day of harm, even an equivalent<\/mark> crushing, break them!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nWe will continue with the Greek side of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God bless us all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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