30:17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; 1
at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, 2
until the remaining few are as isolated 3
as a flagpole on a mountaintop
or a signal flag on a hill.”
65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” 4 says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and offended 5 me on the hills,
I will punish them in full measure.” 6
1 tn Heb “One thousand from before [or “because of”] one battle cry.” גְּעָרָה (gÿ’arah) is often defined as “threat,” but in war contexts it likely refers to a shout or battle cry. See Ps 76:6.
2 tn Heb “from before [or “because of”] the battle cry of five you will flee.
3 tn Heb “until you are left” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”
5 tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”
6 tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.