83:3 They carefully plot 1 against your people,
and make plans to harm 2 the ones you cherish. 3
83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! 4
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
1 tn Heb “they make crafty a plot.”
2 tn Heb “and consult together against.”
3 tn The passive participle of the Hebrew verb צָפַן (tsafan, “to hide”) is used here in the sense of “treasured; cherished.”
4 tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”