Discovery BoxJudges 2:11
Context2:11 The Israelites did evil before 1 the Lord by worshiping 2 the Baals.
Judges 2:19-20
Context2:19 When a leader died, the next generation 3 would again 4 act more wickedly than the previous one. 5 They would follow after other gods, worshiping them 6 and bowing down to them. They did not give up 7 their practices or their stubborn ways.
2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. 8 He said, “This nation 9 has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors 10 by disobeying me. 11
Judges 3:7
Context3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. 12 They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. 13
Judges 3:12
Context3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. 14 The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel 15 because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.
Judges 6:1
Context6:1 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, 16 so the Lord turned them over to 17 Midian for seven years.
Judges 10:6
Context10:6 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. 18 They worshiped 19 the Baals and the Ashtars, 20 as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, 21 Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. 22 They abandoned the Lord and did not worship 23 him.
Leviticus 26:23-25
Context26:23 “‘If in spite of these things 24 you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me, 25 26:24 I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you 26 seven times on account of your sins. 26:25 I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. 27 Although 28 you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands. 29
Nehemiah 9:23-30
Context9:23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess. 9:24 Their descendants 30 entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased. 9:25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things – wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full 31 and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.
9:26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. 32 They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies. 9:27 Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from 33 their adversaries.
9:28 “Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to 34 their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again. 9:29 And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, 35 will live. They boldly turned from you; 36 they rebelled 37 and did not obey. 9:30 You prolonged your kindness 38 with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, 39 so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. 40
Psalms 106:43-45
Context106:43 Many times he delivered 41 them,
but they had a rebellious attitude, 42
and degraded themselves 43 by their sin.
106:44 Yet he took notice of their distress,
when he heard their cry for help.
106:45 He remembered his covenant with them,
and relented 44 because of his great loyal love.
Jeremiah 5:3
Context5:3 Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. 45
But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. 46
Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected.
They have become as hardheaded as a rock. 47
They refuse to change their ways. 48
[2:11] 1 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[2:11] 2 tn Or “serving”; or “following.”
[2:19] 3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the next generation) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[2:19] 4 tn The verb שׁוּב (shuv, “to return; to turn”) is sometimes translated “turn back” here, but it is probably used in an adverbial sense, indicating that the main action (“act wickedly”) is being repeated.
[2:19] 5 tn Heb “their fathers.”
[2:19] 6 tn Or “serving [them]”; or “following [them].”
[2:20] 8 tn Or “The
[2:20] 9 tn Heb “Because this nation.”
[2:20] 10 tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”
[2:20] 11 tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.
[3:7] 12 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
[3:7] 13 sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.
[3:12] 14 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
[3:12] 15 tn Heb “strengthened Eglon…against Israel.”
[6:1] 16 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
[6:1] 17 tn Heb “gave them into the hand of.”
[10:6] 18 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
[10:6] 19 tn Or “served;” or “followed.”
[10:6] 20 sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Ashtar (i.e., Astarte).
[10:6] 21 map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
[10:6] 22 tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”
[10:6] 23 tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”
[26:23] 24 tn Heb “And if in these.”
[26:23] 25 tn Heb “with me,” but see the added preposition בְּ (bet) on the phrase “in hostility” in vv. 24 and 27.
[26:24] 26 tn Heb “and I myself will also strike you.”
[26:25] 27 tn Heb “vengeance of covenant”; cf. NAB “the avenger of my covenant.”
[26:25] 28 tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) has a concessive force in this context.
[26:25] 29 tn Heb “in hand of enemy,” but Tg. Ps.-J. and Tg. Neof. have “in the hands of your enemies” (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 454).
[9:25] 31 tn Heb “they ate and were sated.” This expression is a hendiadys. The first verb retains its full verbal sense, while the second functions adverbially: “they ate and were filled” = “they ate until they were full.”
[9:26] 32 tn Heb “they cast your law behind their backs.”
[9:27] 33 tn Heb “from the hand of” (so NASB, NIV); NAB “from the power of.”
[9:28] 34 tn Heb “in the hand of” (so KJV, ASV); NAB “to the power of.”
[9:29] 35 tn Heb “if a man keep.” See note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.
[9:29] 36 tn Heb “they gave a stubborn shoulder.”
[9:29] 37 tn Heb “they stiffened their neck.”
[9:30] 38 tn The Hebrew expression here is elliptical. The words “your kindness” are not included in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
[9:30] 39 tn Heb “did not give ear to.”
[9:30] 40 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”
[106:43] 41 tn The prefixed verbal form is either preterite or imperfect, in which case it is customary, describing repeated action in past time (“he would deliver”).
[106:43] 42 tn Heb “but they rebelled in their counsel.” The prefixed verbal form is either preterite or imperfect, in which case it is customary, describing repeated action in past time (“they would have a rebellious attitude”).
[106:43] 43 tn Heb “they sank down.” The Hebrew verb מָכַךְ (makhakh, “to lower; to sink”) occurs only here in the Qal.
[106:45] 44 tn The Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) refers here to God relenting from a punishment already underway.
[5:3] 45 tn Heb “O
[5:3] 46 tn Commentaries and lexicons debate the meaning of the verb here. The MT is pointed as though from a verb meaning “to writhe in anguish or contrition” (חוּל [khul]; see, e.g., BDB 297 s.v. חוּל 2.c), but some commentaries and lexicons repoint the text as though from a verb meaning “to be sick,” thus “to feel pain” (חָלָה [khalah]; see, e.g., HALOT 304 s.v. חָלָה 3). The former appears more appropriate to the context.
