32:4 I will leave you on the ground,
I will fling you on the open field,
I will allow 3 all the birds of the sky to settle 4 on you,
and I will permit 5 all the wild animals 6 to gorge themselves on you.
29:5 I will leave you in the wilderness,
you and all the fish of your waterways;
you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. 7
I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.
1 tn Heb “from there a few in number.” The word “strands” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 sn Objects could be carried in the end of a garment (Hag 2:12).
3 tn Or “cause.”
4 tn Heb “live.”
5 tn Or “cause.”
6 tn Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.
5 tc Some Hebrew