Isaiah 33:7

33:7 Look, ambassadors ¹  cry out in the streets;

messengers sent to make peace ²  weep bitterly.

Jeremiah 6:26

6:26 So I said, ³  “Oh, my dear people, ⁴  put on sackcloth

and roll in ashes.

Mourn with painful sobs

as though you had lost your only child.

For any moment now ⁵  that destructive army ⁶ 

will come against us.”

Micah 1:8

1:8 For this reason I ⁷  will mourn and wail;

I will walk around barefoot ⁸  and without my outer garments. ⁹ 

I will howl ¹⁰  like a wild dog, ¹¹ 

and screech ¹²  like an owl. ¹³ 

Matthew 26:75

26:75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. ¹⁴ 

[33:7]  ¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown. Proposals include “heroes” (cf. KJV, ASV “valiant ones”; NASB, NIV “brave men”); “priests,” “residents [of Jerusalem].” The present translation assumes that the term is synonymous with “messengers of peace,” with which it corresponds in the parallel structure of the verse.

[33:7]  ² tn Heb “messengers of peace,” apparently those responsible for negotiating the agreements that have been broken (see v. 8).

[6:26]  ³ tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the context.

[6:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the translator’s note there.

[6:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “suddenly.”

[6:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “the destroyer.”

[1:8]  ⁷ tn The prophet is probably the speaker here.

[1:8]  ⁸ tn Or “stripped.” The precise meaning of this Hebrew word is unclear. It may refer to walking barefoot (see 2 Sam 15:30) or to partially stripping oneself (see Job 12:17-19).

[1:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “naked.” This probably does not refer to complete nudity, but to stripping off one’s outer garments as an outward sign of the destitution felt by the mourner.

[1:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will make lamentation.”

[1:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “a jackal”; CEV “howling wolves.”

[1:8]  ¹² tn Heb “[make] a mourning.”

[1:8]  ¹³ tn Or perhaps “ostrich” (cf. ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

[26:75]  ¹⁴ sn When Peter went out and wept bitterly it shows he really did not want to fail here and was deeply grieved that he had.