1 Samuel 4:13-14

4:13 When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of ¹  the road, for he was very worried ²  about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, ³  the whole city cried out.

4:14 When Eli heard the outcry, ⁴  he said, “What is this commotion?” ⁵  The man quickly came and told Eli.

1 Samuel 11:4

11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) ⁶  and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly. ⁷ 

Isaiah 22:4

22:4 So I say:

“Don’t look at me! ⁸ 

I am weeping bitterly.

Don’t try ⁹  to console me

concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.” ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 22:12

22:12 At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,

for shaved heads and sackcloth. ¹¹ 

Isaiah 37:1-3

37:1 When King Hezekiah heard this, ¹²  he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple. 37:2 Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, ¹³  clothed in sackcloth, sent this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz: 37:3 “This is what Hezekiah says: ¹⁴  ‘This is a day of distress, insults, ¹⁵  and humiliation, ¹⁶  as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. ¹⁷ 

¹ tc Read with many medieval Hebrew mss, the Qere, and much versional evidence יַד (yad, “hand”) rather than MT יַךְ (yakh).

² tn Heb “his heart was trembling.”

³ tn Heb “and the man came to report in the city.”

⁴ tn Heb “the sound of the cry.”

⁵ tn Heb “the sound of this commotion.”

⁶ tn Heb “to Gibeah of Saul.”

⁷ tn Heb “lifted their voice and wept.”

⁸ tn Heb “look away from me” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).

⁹ tn Heb “don’t hurry” (so NCV).

¹⁰ tn Heb “the daughter of my people.” “Daughter” is here used metaphorically to express the speaker’s emotional attachment to his people, as well as their vulnerability and weakness.

¹¹ tn Heb “for baldness and the wearing of sackcloth.” See the note at 15:2.

¹² tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

¹³ tn Heb “elders of the priests” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NCV “the older priests”; NRSV, TEV, CEV “the senior priests.”

¹⁴ tn In the Hebrew text this verse begins with “they said to him” (cf. NRSV).

¹⁵ tn Or “rebuke” (KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “correction.”

¹⁶ tn Or “contempt”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “disgrace.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “when sons come to the cervical opening and there is no strength to give birth.”