35:13 Surely it is an empty cry 1 – God does not hear it;
the Almighty does not take notice of it.
37:4 After that a voice roars;
he thunders with an exalted voice,
and he does not hold back his lightning bolts 2
when his voice is heard.
1 tn Heb “surely – vanity, he does not hear.” The cry is an empty cry, not a prayer to God. Dhorme translates it, “It is a pure waste of words.”
2 tn The verb simply has the pronominal suffix, “them.” The idea must be that when God brings in all the thunderings he does not hold back his lightning bolts either.