Psalms 70:3

70:3 May those who say, “Aha! Aha!”

be driven back ¹  and disgraced! ² 

Ezekiel 26:2

26:2 “Son of man, because Tyre ³  has said about Jerusalem, ⁴  ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, ⁵  now that she ⁶  has been destroyed,’

Ezekiel 36:2

36:2 This is what the sovereign Lord says: The enemy has spoken against you, saying “Aha!” and, “The ancient heights ⁷  have become our property!”’

¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive in this imprecation.

² tn Heb “May they be turned back according to their shame, those who say, ‘Aha! Aha!’” Ps 40:15 has the verb “humiliated” instead of “turned back” and adds “to me” after “say.”

³ sn Tyre was located on the Mediterranean coast north of Israel.

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn Heb “I will be filled.”

⁶ sn That is, Jerusalem.

⁷ tn Or “high places.”