uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Yahweh is speaking.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) Find safety … by leaving Jerusalem

(Some words not found in UHB: flee_for_safety sons_of Binyāmīn from,the_midst_of Yerushalayim and,in,Tekoa blow trumpet and,at house_of -haccherem raise signal that/for/because/then/when evil looms from_[the],north and,destruction big/great )

Here “Find safety” represents doing what they can in order to be safe. Alternate translation: “Be safe … by leaving Jerusalem” or “Leave Jerusalem … so that you can be safe”

(Occurrence 0) people of Benjamin

(Some words not found in UHB: flee_for_safety sons_of Binyāmīn from,the_midst_of Yerushalayim and,in,Tekoa blow trumpet and,at house_of -haccherem raise signal that/for/because/then/when evil looms from_[the],north and,destruction big/great )

This is who Yahweh was speaking to.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) Blow a trumpet in Tekoa

(Some words not found in UHB: flee_for_safety sons_of Binyāmīn from,the_midst_of Yerushalayim and,in,Tekoa blow trumpet and,at house_of -haccherem raise signal that/for/because/then/when evil looms from_[the],north and,destruction big/great )

A trumpet is used as a warning that people will be attacked. Alternate translation: “Blow a trumpet in Tekoa to warn the people that they will be attacked”

Note 3 topic: translate-names

(Occurrence 0) Tekoa

(Some words not found in UHB: flee_for_safety sons_of Binyāmīn from,the_midst_of Yerushalayim and,in,Tekoa blow trumpet and,at house_of -haccherem raise signal that/for/because/then/when evil looms from_[the],north and,destruction big/great )

This is the name of a town about 18 kilometers south of Jerusalem. The name means “a horn for blowing.”

(Occurrence 0) Raise up over Beth Hakkerem a signal

(Some words not found in UHB: flee_for_safety sons_of Binyāmīn from,the_midst_of Yerushalayim and,in,Tekoa blow trumpet and,at house_of -haccherem raise signal that/for/because/then/when evil looms from_[the],north and,destruction big/great )

This could mean: (1) the signal is smoke from a fire. Alternate translation: “Light a fire to send up smoke at Beth Hakkerem to warn people about the enemy coming” or (2) the signal is a flag. Alternate translation: “Raise up a flag over the town of Beth Hakkerem to warn people about the enemy coming”

(Occurrence 0) Beth Hakkerem

(Some words not found in UHB: flee_for_safety sons_of Binyāmīn from,the_midst_of Yerushalayim and,in,Tekoa blow trumpet and,at house_of -haccherem raise signal that/for/because/then/when evil looms from_[the],north and,destruction big/great )

the name of a town about 10 kilometers south of Jerusalem. The name means “the place of the vineyard.”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) wickedness is appearing from the north

(Some words not found in UHB: flee_for_safety sons_of Binyāmīn from,the_midst_of Yerushalayim and,in,Tekoa blow trumpet and,at house_of -haccherem raise signal that/for/because/then/when evil looms from_[the],north and,destruction big/great )

Here “wickedness” represents disaster and the people who will cause it. Alternate translation: “enemies will come from the north and cause disaster to happen to you” or “enemies coming from the north will destroy you”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) a great crushing is coming

(Some words not found in UHB: flee_for_safety sons_of Binyāmīn from,the_midst_of Yerushalayim and,in,Tekoa blow trumpet and,at house_of -haccherem raise signal that/for/because/then/when evil looms from_[the],north and,destruction big/great )

How the crushing will come can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: “Enemies will come and crush you” or “Enemies will come and destroy you”