8:33 “The time will come when 3 your people Israel are defeated by an enemy 4 because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, 5 and pray for your help 6 in this temple,
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “his throne.”
3 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
5 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
6 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
5 tn Heb “they”; the referent (your people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”
7 tn Or “done wrong.”