Zechariah 11:5

11:5 Those who buy them ¹  slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich.’ Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

Isaiah 27:11

27:11 When its branches get brittle, ²  they break;

women come and use them for kindling. ³ 

For these people lack understanding, ⁴ 

therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them;

the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

Ezekiel 8:18

8:18 Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare ⁵  them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

Ezekiel 9:10

9:10 But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare ⁶  them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.” ⁷ 

Hosea 1:6

1:6 She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord ⁸  said to him, “Name her ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity ⁹  on the nation ¹⁰  of Israel. For ¹¹  I will certainly not forgive ¹²  their guilt. ¹³ 

Matthew 18:33-35

18:33 Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’ 18:34 And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him ¹⁴  until he repaid all he owed. 18:35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your ¹⁵  brother ¹⁶  from your heart.”

Matthew 22:7

22:7 The ¹⁷  king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death ¹⁸  and set their city ¹⁹  on fire.

Matthew 23:35-38

23:35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, ²⁰  whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 23:36 I tell you the truth, ²¹  this generation will be held responsible for all these things! ²² 

Judgment on Israel

23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ²³  you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! ²⁴  How often I have longed ²⁵  to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but ²⁶  you would have none of it! ²⁷  23:38 Look, your house is left to you desolate!

Luke 19:43-44

19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build ²⁸  an embankment ²⁹  against you and surround you and close in on you from every side. 19:44 They will demolish you ³⁰  – you and your children within your walls ³¹  – and they will not leave within you one stone ³²  on top of another, ³³  because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” ³⁴ 

Luke 21:22-24

21:22 because these are days of vengeance, ³⁵  to fulfill ³⁶  all that is written. 21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress ³⁷  on the earth and wrath against this people. 21:24 They ³⁸  will fall by the edge ³⁹  of the sword and be led away as captives ⁴⁰  among all nations. Jerusalem ⁴¹  will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. ⁴² 

Luke 21:1

The Widow’s Offering

21:1 Jesus ⁴³  looked up ⁴⁴  and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box. ⁴⁵ 

Luke 2:16

2:16 So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger. ⁴⁶ 

Hebrews 10:26-31

10:26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, ⁴⁷  10:27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury ⁴⁸  of fire that will consume God’s enemies. ⁴⁹  10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death ⁵⁰  without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ⁵¹  10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for ⁵²  the Son of God, and profanes ⁵³  the blood of the covenant that made him holy, ⁵⁴  and insults the Spirit of grace? 10:30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ⁵⁵  and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” ⁵⁶  10:31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

James 2:13

2:13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over ⁵⁷  judgment.

[11:5]  ¹ sn The expression those who buy them appears to be a reference to the foreign nations to whom Israel’s own kings “sold” their subjects. Far from being good shepherds, then, they were evil and profiteering. The whole section (vv. 4-14) refers to the past when the Lord, the Good Shepherd, had in vain tried to lead his people to salvation and life.

[27:11]  ² tn Heb “are dry” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[27:11]  ³ tn Heb “women come [and] light it.” The city is likened to a dead tree with dried up branches that is only good for firewood.

[27:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “for not a people of understanding [is] he.”

[8:18]  ⁵ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[9:10]  ⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term is primarily emotional: “to pity,” which in context implies an action, as in being moved by pity in order to spare them from the horror of their punishment.

[9:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.” The same expression occurs in 1 Kgs 8:32; Ezek 11:21; 16:43; 22:31.

[1:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “Then he said”; the referent (the Lord) does not appear in Hebrew, but has been specified in the translation for clarity. Many English versions specify the speaker here (KJV “God”; ASV “Jehovah”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “the Lord”).

[1:6]  ⁹ sn The negative particle לאֹ (lo’, “no, not”) and the root רָחַם (rakham, “compassion”) are repeated in 1:6, creating a wordplay between the name Lo-Ruhamah (literally “No-Pity”) and the announcement of divine judgment, “I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel.”

[1:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “house”; cf. TEV, NLT “the people of Israel.”

[1:6]  ¹¹ tn The particle כִּי (ki) probably denotes cause (so NCV, TEV, CEV) or result here (GKC 505 §166.b; BDB 473 s.v. כִּי 3.c).

[1:6]  ¹² tn The verb נָשָׂא (nasa’, “to take away”) frequently denotes “to forgive” meaning to take away sin (BDB 671 s.v. נָשָׂא 3.c). The construction נָשׂא אֶשָּׂא (naso’ ’esa’, “I will certainly take away,” infinitive absolute + imperfect of the same root) repeats the root נָשָׂא for rhetorical emphasis, stressing the divine resolution not to forgive Israel.

[1:6]  ¹³ tn The phrase “their guilt” does not appear in Hebrew, but is supplied in the translation for clarification. The ellipsis of the accusative direct object of נָשׂא אֶשָּׂא (naso’ ’esa’, “I will certainly take away”) is an example of brachyology. The accusative “guilt” must be supplied frequently with נָשַׂא (see BDB 671 s.v. נָשָׂא 3.c; e.g., Num 14:19; Isa 2:9; Ps 99:8). Many recent English versions simplify this to “forgive them” (e.g., NASB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT).

[18:34]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “handed him over to the torturers,” referring specifically to guards whose job was to torture prisoners who were being questioned. According to L&N 37.126, it is difficult to know for certain in this instance whether the term actually envisions torture as a part of the punishment or is simply a hyperbole. However, in light of the following verse and Jesus’ other warning statements in Matthew about “fiery hell,” “the outer darkness,” etc., it is best not to dismiss this as mere imagery.

[18:35]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “his.” The pronoun has been translated to follow English idiom (the last pronoun of the verse [“from your heart”] is second person plural in the original).

[18:35]  ¹⁶ tn Here the term “brother” means “fellow believer” or “fellow Christian” (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.a), whether male or female. Concerning the familial connotations, see also the note on the first occurrence of this term in v. 15.

[22:7]  ¹⁷ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[22:7]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “he sent his soldiers, destroyed those murderers.” The verb ἀπώλεσεν (apwlesen) is causative, indicating that the king was the one behind the execution of the murderers. In English the causative idea is not expressed naturally here; either a purpose clause (“he sent his soldiers to put those murderers to death”) or a relative clause (“he sent his soldier who put those murderers to death”) is preferred.

[22:7]  ¹⁹ tn The Greek text reads here πόλις (polis), which could be translated “town” or “city.” The prophetic reference is to the city of Jerusalem, so “city” is more appropriate here.

[23:35]  ²⁰ sn Spelling of this name (Βαραχίου, Baraciou) varies among the English versions: “Barachiah” (RSV, NRSV); “Berechiah” (NASB); “Berachiah” (NIV).

[23:36]  ²¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[23:36]  ²² tn Grk “all these things will come on this generation.”

[23:37]  ²³ sn The double use of the city’s name betrays intense emotion.

[23:37]  ²⁴ tn Although the opening address (“Jerusalem, Jerusalem”) is direct (second person), the remainder of this sentence in the Greek text is third person (“who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her”). The following sentences then revert to second person (“your… you”), so to keep all this consistent in English, the third person pronouns in the present verse were translated as second person (“you who kill… sent to you”).

[23:37]  ²⁵ sn How often I have longed to gather your children. Jesus, like a lamenting prophet, speaks for God here, who longed to care tenderly for Israel and protect her.

[23:37]  ²⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[23:37]  ²⁷ tn Grk “you were not willing.”

[19:43]  ²⁸ sn Jesus now predicted the events that would be fulfilled in the fall of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. The details of the siege have led some to see Luke writing this after Jerusalem’s fall, but the language of the verse is like God’s exilic judgment for covenant unfaithfulness (Hab 2:8; Jer 6:6, 14; 8:13-22; 9:1; Ezek 4:2; 26:8; Isa 29:1-4). Specific details are lacking and the procedures described (build an embankment against you) were standard Roman military tactics.

[19:43]  ²⁹ sn An embankment refers to either wooden barricades or earthworks, or a combination of the two.

[19:44]  ³⁰ tn Grk “They will raze you to the ground.”

[19:44]  ³¹ tn Grk “your children within you.” The phrase “[your] walls” has been supplied in the translation to clarify that the city of Jerusalem, metaphorically pictured as an individual, is spoken of here.

[19:44]  ³² sn (Not) one stone on top of another is an idiom for total destruction.

[19:44]  ³³ tn Grk “leave stone on stone.”

[19:44]  ³⁴ tn Grk “the time of your visitation.” To clarify what this refers to, the words “from God” are supplied at the end of the verse, although they do not occur in the Greek text.

[21:22]  ³⁵ tn Or “of punishment.” This is a time of judgment.

[21:22]  ³⁶ tn The passive construction with the infinitive πλησθῆναι (plhsqhnai) has been translated as an active construction for simplicity, in keeping with contemporary English style.

[21:23]  ³⁷ sn Great distress means that this is a period of great judgment.

[21:24]  ³⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:24]  ³⁹ tn Grk “by the mouth of the sword” (an idiom for the edge of a sword).

[21:24]  ⁴⁰ sn Here is the predicted judgment against the nation until the time of Gentile rule has passed: Its people will be led away as captives.

[21:24]  ⁴¹ tn Grk “And Jerusalem.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:24]  ⁴² sn Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled implies a time when Israel again has a central role in God’s plan.

[21:1]  ⁴³ tn Grk “He”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[21:1]  ⁴⁴ tn Grk “looking up, he saw.” The participle ἀναβλέψας (anableya") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[21:1]  ⁴⁵ tn On the term γαζοφυλάκιον (gazofulakion), often translated “treasury,” see BDAG 186 s.v., which states, “For Mk 12:41, 43; Lk 21:1 the mng. contribution box or receptacle is attractive. Acc. to Mishnah, Shekalim 6, 5 there were in the temple 13 such receptacles in the form of trumpets. But even in these passages the general sense of ‘treasury’ is prob., for the contributions would go [into] the treasury via the receptacles.” Based upon the extra-biblical evidence (see sn following), however, the translation opts to refer to the actual receptacles and not the treasury itself.

[2:16]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “a feeding trough.”

[10:26]  ⁴⁷ tn Grk “is left,” with “for us” implied by the first half of the verse.

[10:27]  ⁴⁸ tn Grk “zeal,” recalling God’s jealous protection of his holiness and honor (cf. Exod 20:5).

[10:27]  ⁴⁹ tn Grk “the enemies.”

[10:28]  ⁵⁰ tn Grk “dies.”

[10:28]  ⁵¹ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.

[10:29]  ⁵² tn Grk “tramples under foot.”

[10:29]  ⁵³ tn Grk “regarded as common.”

[10:29]  ⁵⁴ tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”

[10:30]  ⁵⁵ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

[10:30]  ⁵⁶ sn A quotation from Deut 32:36.

[2:13]  ⁵⁷ tn Grk “boasts against, exults over,” in victory.