6:36 “The time will come when your people 1 will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by. 6:37 When your people 2 come to their senses 3 in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray 4 , we have done evil!’
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (God’s people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “they”; the referent (God’s people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Or “stop and reflect”; Heb “bring back to their heart.”
4 tn Or “done wrong.”