21:32 You will become fuel for the fire –
your blood will stain the middle of the land; 1
you will no longer be remembered,
for I, the Lord, have spoken.’”
83:3 They carefully plot 2 against your people,
and make plans to harm 3 the ones you cherish. 4
83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! 5
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
83:5 Yes, 6 they devise a unified strategy; 7
they form an alliance 8 against you.
83:6 It includes 9 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites, 10
23:16 “Take the harp,
go through the city,
forgotten prostitute!
Play it well,
play lots of songs,
so you’ll be noticed!” 11
1 tn Heb “your blood will be in the middle of the land.”
2 tn Heb “they make crafty a plot.”
3 tn Heb “and consult together against.”
4 tn The passive participle of the Hebrew verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”) is used here in the sense of “treasured; cherished.”
5 tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”
6 tn Or “for.”
7 tn Heb “they consult [with] a heart together.”
8 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
9 tn The words “it includes” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
10 sn The Hagrites are also mentioned in 1 Chr 5:10, 19-20.
11 tn Heb “so you will be remembered.”