2 Chronicles 33:11

33:11 So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose,¹ bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:17

36:17 He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered² their young men in their temple.³ He did not spare⁴ young men or women, or even the old and aging. God⁵ handed everyone over to him.

Jude 1:14

1:14 Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam,⁶ even prophesied of them,⁷ saying, “Look! The Lord is coming⁸ with thousands and thousands⁹ of his holy ones,

Psalms 106:41

106:41 He handed them over to¹⁰ the nations,

and those who hated them ruled over them.

Isaiah 10:6

10:6 I sent him¹¹ against a godless¹² nation,

I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry,¹³

to take plunder and to carry away loot,

to trample them down¹⁴ like dirt in the streets.

Amos 3:6

3:6 If an alarm sounds¹⁵ in a city, do people not fear?¹⁶

If disaster overtakes a¹⁷ city, is the Lord not responsible?¹⁸

Luke 21:22-24

21:22 because these are days of vengeance,¹⁹ to fulfill²⁰ 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 distress²¹ on the earth and wrath against this people. 21:24 They²² will fall by the edge²³ of the sword and be led away as captives²⁴ among all nations. Jerusalem²⁵ will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.²⁶

¹tn Heb “and they seized him with hooks.”

²tn Heb “killed with the sword.”

³tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”

⁴tn Or “show compassion to.”

⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn Grk “the seventh from Adam.”

⁷tn Grk “against them.” The dative τούτοις (toutois) is a dativus incommodi (dative of disadvantage).

⁸tn Grk “has come,” a proleptic aorist.

⁹tn Grk “ten thousands.” The word μυριάς (muria"), from which the English myriad is derived, means “ten thousand.” In the plural it means “ten thousands.” This would mean, minimally, 20,000 (a multiple of ten thousand). At the same time, the term was often used in apocalyptic literature to represent simply a rather large number, without any attempt to be specific.

¹⁰tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”

¹¹sn Throughout this section singular forms are used to refer to Assyria; perhaps the king of Assyria is in view (see v. 12).

¹²tn Or “defiled”; cf. ASV “profane”; NAB “impious”; NCV “separated from God.”

¹³tn Heb “and against the people of my anger I ordered him.”

¹⁴tn Heb “to make it [i.e., the people] a trampled place.”

¹⁵tn Heb “If the ram’s horn is blown.”

¹⁶tn Or “tremble” (NASB, NIV, NCV); or “shake.”

¹⁷tn Heb “is in”; NIV, NCV, NLT “comes to.”

¹⁸tn Heb “has the Lord not acted?”

¹⁹tn Or “of punishment.” This is a time of judgment.

²⁰tn The passive construction with the infinitive πλησθῆναι (plhsqhnai) has been translated as an active construction for simplicity, in keeping with contemporary English style.

²¹sn Great distress means that this is a period of great judgment.

²²tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

²³tn Grk “by the mouth of the sword” (an idiom for the edge of a sword).

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

²⁵tn Grk “And Jerusalem.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

²⁶sn Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled implies a time when Israel again has a central role in God’s plan.