Ezekiel 37:11

37:11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Psalms 130:7

130:7 O Israel, hope in the Lord,

for the Lord exhibits loyal love, ¹ 

and is more than willing to deliver. ² 

Isaiah 49:14

The Lord Remembers Zion

49:14 “Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me,

the sovereign master ³  has forgotten me.’

Isaiah 51:20

51:20 Your children faint;

they lie at the head of every street

like an antelope in a snare.

They are left in a stupor by the Lord’s anger,

by the battle cry of your God. ⁴ 

Jeremiah 2:25

2:25 Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out

and your throats become dry. ⁵ 

But you say, ‘It is useless for you to try and stop me

because I love those foreign gods ⁶  and want to pursue them!’

[130:7]  ¹ tn Heb “for with the Lord [is] loyal love.”

[130:7]  ² tn Heb “and abundantly with him [is] redemption.”

[49:14]  ³ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[51:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “those who are full of the anger of the Lord, the shout [or “rebuke”] of your God.”

[2:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “Refrain your feet from being bare and your throat from being dry/thirsty.”

[2:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “It is useless! No!” For this idiom, see Jer 18:12; NEB “No; I am desperate.”