Ezekiel 32:25

32:25 Among the dead they have made a bed for her, along with all her hordes around her grave. ¹  All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for their terror had spread in the land of the living. They bear their shame along with those who descend to the pit; they are placed among the dead.

Ezekiel 32:30

32:30 “All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.

Ezekiel 16:52

16:52 So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. ²  Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous.

Ezekiel 16:54

16:54 so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them.

Ezekiel 34:29

34:29 I will prepare for them a healthy ³  planting. They will no longer be victims ⁴  of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.

Ezekiel 36:6-7

36:6 “Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations. 36:7 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I vow ⁵  that the nations around you will endure insults as well.

Ezekiel 36:15

36:15 I will no longer subject you to ⁶  the nations’ insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave ⁷  your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 39:26

39:26 They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.

Ezekiel 44:13

44:13 They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.

Jeremiah 3:24-25

3:24 From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal,

has taken away ⁸  all that our ancestors ⁹  worked for.

It has taken away our flocks and our herds,

and even our sons and daughters.

3:25 Let us acknowledge ¹⁰  our shame.

Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. ¹¹ 

For we have sinned against the Lord our God,

both we and our ancestors.

From earliest times to this very day

we have not obeyed the Lord our God.’

Habakkuk 2:16

2:16 But you will become drunk ¹²  with shame, not majesty. ¹³ 

Now it is your turn to drink and expose your uncircumcised foreskin! ¹⁴ 

The cup of wine in the Lord’s right hand ¹⁵  is coming to you,

and disgrace will replace your majestic glory!

¹ tn Heb “around him her graves,” but the expression is best emended to read “around her grave” (see vv. 23-24).

² tn Heb “because you have interceded for your sisters with your sins.”

³ tc The MT reads לְשֵׁם (lÿshem, “for a name”), meaning perhaps a renowned planting (place). The translation takes this to be a metathesis of שָׁלֹם (shalom) as was read by the LXX.

⁴ tn Heb “those gathered” for famine.

⁵ tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “cause you to hear.”

⁷ tc The MT reads תַכְשִׁלִי (takhshiliy), a metathesis for תַשְׁכִלִי (tashkhiliy) from the root שָׁכַל (shakhal) which is used in each of the previous verses.

⁸ tn Heb “From our youth the shameful thing has eaten up…” The shameful thing is specifically identified as Baal in Jer 11:13. Compare also the shift in certain names such as Ishbaal (“man of Baal”) to Ishbosheth (“man of shame”).

⁹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).

¹⁰ tn Heb “Let us lie down in….”

¹¹ tn Heb “Let us be covered with disgrace.”

¹² tn Heb “are filled.” The translation assumes the verbal form is a perfect of certitude, emphasizing the certainty of Babylon’s coming judgment, which will reduce the majestic empire to shame and humiliation.

¹³ tn Or “glory.”

¹⁴ tc Heb “drink, even you, and show the foreskin.” Instead of הֵעָרֵל (he’arel, “show the foreskin”) one of the Dead Sea scrolls has הֵרָעֵל (hera’el, “stumble”). This reading also has support from several ancient versions and is followed by the NEB (“you too shall drink until you stagger”) and NRSV (“Drink, you yourself, and stagger”). For a defense of the Hebrew text, see P. D. Miller, Jr., Sin and Judgment in the Prophets, 63-64.

¹⁵ sn The Lord’s right hand represents his military power. He will force the Babylonians to experience the same humiliating defeat they inflicted on others.