Ezekiel 36:4-5

36:4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about – 36:5 therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.’

Ezekiel 36:15

36:15 I will no longer subject you to ¹  the nations’ insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave ²  your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

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.

Psalms 74:10

74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?

Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Psalms 74:18

74:18 Remember how ⁵  the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, ⁶ 

and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Psalms 74:23

74:23 Do not disregard ⁷  what your enemies say, ⁸ 

or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you. ⁹ 

Psalms 123:3-4

123:3 Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor!

For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. ¹⁰ 

123:4 We have had our fill ¹¹ 

of the taunts of the self-assured,

of the contempt of the proud.

¹ tn Heb “cause you to hear.”

² 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.

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 “remember this.”

⁶ tn Or “[how] the enemy insults the Lord.”

⁷ tn Or “forget.”

⁸ tn Heb “the voice of your enemies.”

⁹ tn Heb “the roar of those who rise up against you, which ascends continually.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “for greatly we are filled [with] humiliation.”

¹¹ tn Heb “greatly our soul is full to it.”