2 Samuel 13:33

13:33 Now don’t let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, ‘All the king’s sons are dead.’ It is only Amnon who is dead.”

Isaiah 42:25

42:25 So he poured out his fierce anger on them,

along with the devastation ¹  of war.

Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; ² 

it burned against them, but they did notice. ³ 

Malachi 2:2

2:2 If you do not listen and take seriously ⁴  the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment ⁵  on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

¹ tn Heb “strength” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “fury”; NASB “fierceness”; NIV “violence.”

² tn Heb “and it blazed against him all around, but he did not know.” The subject of the third feminine singular verb “blazed” is the divine חֵמָה (khemah, “anger”) mentioned in the previous line.

³ tn Heb “and it burned against him, but he did not set [it] upon [the] heart.”

¹ tn Heb “and if you do not place upon [the] heart”; KJV, NAB, NRSV “lay it to heart.”

² tn Heb “the curse” (so NASB, NRSV); NLT “a terrible curse.”