Nehemiah 5:8

5:8 I said to them, “To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews ¹  who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, ²  so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say.

Leviticus 26:17

26:17 I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

Deuteronomy 28:48

28:48 instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty ³  you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. They ⁴  will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.

John 8:33

8:33 “We are descendants ⁵  of Abraham,” they replied, ⁶  “and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say, ⁷  ‘You will become free’?”

¹ tn Heb “our brothers, the Jews.”

² tn Heb “your brothers.”

³ tn Heb “lack of everything.”

⁴ tn Heb “he” (also later in this verse). The pronoun is a collective singular referring to the enemies (cf. CEV, NLT). Many translations understand the singular pronoun to refer to the Lord (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV).

⁵ tn Grk “We are the seed” (an idiom).

⁶ tn Grk “They answered to him.”

⁷ tn Or “How is it that you say.”