6:16 You implement the regulations of Omri,
and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; 1
you follow their policies. 2
Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, 3
the city’s 4 inhabitants will be taunted derisively, 5
and nations will mock all of you.” 6
1 tn Heb “the edicts of Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab.”
2 tn Heb “and you walk in their plans.”
3 tn The Hebrew term שַׁמָּה (shammah) can refer to “destruction; ruin,” or to the reaction it produces in those who witness the destruction.
4 tn Heb “her”; the referent (the city) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “[an object] of hissing,” which was a way of taunting someone.
6 tc The translation assumes an emendation of the MT’s עַמִּי (’ammi, “my people”) to עַמִּים (’ammim, “nations”).