21:24 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have brought up 2 your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force. 3
3:9 The look on their faces 4 testifies to their guilt; 5
like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. 6
Too bad for them! 7
For they bring disaster on themselves.
8:12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things?
No, they are not at all ashamed!
They do not even know how to blush!
So they will die just like others have died. 8
They will be brought to ruin when I punish them,
says the Lord.
7:1 whenever I want to heal Israel,
the sin of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed.
For they do what is wrong;
thieves break into houses,
and gangs rob people out in the streets.
1 tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.
2 tn Heb “caused to be remembered.”
3 tn Heb “Because you have brought to remembrance your guilt when your transgressions are uncovered so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds – because you are remembered, by the hand you will be seized.”
4 sn This refers to their proud, arrogant demeanor.
5 tn Heb “answers against them”; NRSV “bears witness against them.”
6 tn Heb “their sin, like Sodom, they declare, they do not conceal [it].”
7 tn Heb “woe to their soul.”
8 tn Heb “They will fall among the fallen.”