Judges 20:26-27

20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, ¹  went up to ²  Bethel. ³  They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything ⁴  that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace ⁵  to the Lord. 20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

Psalms 78:34-36

78:34 When he struck them down, ⁶  they sought his favor; ⁷ 

they turned back and longed for God.

78:35 They remembered that God was their protector, ⁸ 

and that the sovereign God was their deliverer. ⁹ 

78:36 But they deceived him with their words, ¹⁰ 

and lied to him. ¹¹ 

Hosea 5:15

5:15 Then I will return again to my lair

until they have suffered their punishment. ¹² 

Then they will seek me; ¹³ 

in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

[20:26]  ¹ tn Heb “and all the people.”

[20:26]  ² tn Heb “went up and came [to].”

[20:26]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:26]  ⁴ tn Traditionally, “fasted.”

[20:26]  ⁵ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[78:34]  ⁶ tn Or “killed them,” that is, killed large numbers of them.

[78:34]  ⁷ tn Heb “they sought him.”

[78:35]  ⁸ tn Heb “my high rocky summit.”

[78:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “and [that] God Most High [was] their redeemer.”

[78:36]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “with their mouth.”

[78:36]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and with their tongue they lied to him.”

[5:15]  ¹² tn The verb יֶאְשְׁמוּ (ye’shÿmu, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural from אָשַׁם, ’asham, “to be guilty”) means “to bear their punishment” (Ps 34:22-23; Prov 30:10; Isa 24:6; Jer 2:3; Hos 5:15; 10:2; 14:1; Zech 11:5; Ezek 6:6; BDB 79 s.v. אָשַׁם 3). Many English versions translate this as “admit their guilt” (NIV, NLT) or “acknowledge their guilt” (NASB, NRSV), but cf. NAB “pay for their guilt” and TEV “have suffered enough for their sins.”

[5:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “seek my face” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “seek my presence.”