28:25 “The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror 1 to all the kingdoms of the earth.
32:30 How can one man chase a thousand of them, 2
and two pursue ten thousand;
unless their Rock had delivered them up, 3
and the Lord had handed them over?
30:17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; 4
at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, 5
until the remaining few are as isolated 6
as a flagpole on a mountaintop
or a signal flag on a hill.”
59:2 But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God;
your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers. 7
1 tc The meaningless MT reading זַעֲוָה (za’avah) is clearly a transposition of the more commonly attested Hebrew noun זְוָעָה (zÿva’ah, “terror”).
2 tn The words “man” and “of them” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “sold them” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
4 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.
5 tn Heb “from before [or “because of”] the battle cry of five you will flee.
6 tn Heb “until you are left” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).
7 tn Heb “and your sins have caused [his] face to be hidden from you so as not to hear.”