2 Kings 6:33

6:33 He was still talking to them when ¹  the messenger approached ²  and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! ³  Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”

Genesis 4:13

4:13 Then Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment ⁴  is too great to endure! ⁵ 

Psalms 78:34-36

78:34 When he struck them down, ⁶  they sought his favor; ⁷ 

they turned back and longed for God.

78:35 They remembered that God was their protector, ⁸ 

and that the sovereign God was their deliverer. ⁹ 

78:36 But they deceived him with their words, ¹⁰ 

and lied to him. ¹¹ 

Proverbs 19:3

19:3 A person’s folly ¹²  subverts ¹³  his way,

and ¹⁴  his heart rages ¹⁵  against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:21

8:21 They will pass through the land ¹⁶  destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, ¹⁷  and they will curse their king and their God ¹⁸  as they look upward.

Isaiah 51:20

51:20 Your children faint;

they lie at the head of every street

like an antelope in a snare.

They are left in a stupor by the Lord’s anger,

by the battle cry of your God. ¹⁹ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text also has “look” here.

² tn Heb “came down to him.”

³ tn Heb “Look, this is a disaster from the Lord.”

⁴ tn The primary meaning of the Hebrew word עָוֹן (’avon) is “sin, iniquity.” But by metonymy it can refer to the “guilt” of sin, or to “punishment” for sin. The third meaning applies here. Just before this the Lord announces the punishment for Cain’s actions, and right after this statement Cain complains of the severity of the punishment. Cain is not portrayed as repenting of his sin.

⁵ tn Heb “great is my punishment from bearing.” The preposition מִן (min, “from”) is used here in a comparative sense.

⁶ tn Or “killed them,” that is, killed large numbers of them.

⁷ tn Heb “they sought him.”

⁸ tn Heb “my high rocky summit.”

⁹ tn Heb “and [that] God Most High [was] their redeemer.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “with their mouth.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and with their tongue they lied to him.”

¹² tn Heb “the folly of a man.”

¹³ tn The verb סָלַף (salaf) normally means “to twist; to pervert; to overturn,” but in this context it means “to subvert” (BDB 701 s.v.); cf. ASV “subverteth.”

¹⁴ tn The clause begins with vav on the nonverb phrase “against the Lord.” While clause structure and word order is less compelling in a book like Proverbs, this fits well as a circumstantial clause indicating concession.

¹⁵ sn The “heart raging” is a metonymy of cause (or adjunct); it represents the emotions that will lead to blaming God for the frustration. Genesis 42:28 offers a calmer illustration of this as the brothers ask what God was doing to them.

¹⁶ tn Heb “he will pass through it.” The subject of the collective singular verb is the nation. (See the preceding note.) The immediately preceding context supplies no antecedent for “it” (a third feminine singular suffix in the Hebrew text); the suffix may refer to the land, which would be a reasonable referent with a verb of motion. Note also that אֶרֶץ (’erets, “land”) does appear at the beginning of the next verse.

¹⁷ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

¹⁸ tn Or “gods” (NAB, NRSV, CEV).

¹⁹ tn Heb “those who are full of the anger of the Lord, the shout [or “rebuke”] of your God.”