32:5 His people have been unfaithful 4 to him;
they have not acted like his children 5 – this is their sin. 6
They are a perverse 7 and deceitful generation.
1 sn Sidonians were Phoenician inhabitants of the city of Sidon (now in Lebanon), about 47 mi (75 km) north of Mount Carmel.
2 sn Sirion. This name is attested in the Ugaritic texts as sryn. See UT 495.
3 sn Senir. Probably this was actually one of the peaks of Hermon and not the main mountain (Song of Songs 4:8; 1 Chr 5:23). It is mentioned in a royal inscription of Shalmaneser III of Assyria (saniru; see ANET 280).
4 tc The 3rd person masculine singular שָׁחַת (shakhat) is rendered as 3rd person masculine plural by Smr, a reading supported by the plural suffix on מוּם (mum, “defect”) as well as the plural of בֵּן (ben, “sons”).
5 tn Heb “(they are) not his sons.”
6 tn Heb “defect” (so NASB). This highly elliptical line suggests that Israel’s major fault was its failure to act like God’s people; in fact, they acted quite the contrary.
7 tn Heb “twisted,” “crooked.” See Ps 18:26.