Psalms 30:7

30:7 O Lord, in your good favor you made me secure. ¹ 

Then you rejected me ²  and I was terrified.

Isaiah 8:17

8:17 I will wait patiently for the Lord,

who has rejected the family of Jacob; ³ 

I will wait for him.

Isaiah 12:1

12:1 At that time ⁴  you will say:

“I praise you, O Lord,

for even though you were angry with me,

your anger subsided, and you consoled me.

Isaiah 50:2

50:2 Why does no one challenge me when I come?

Why does no one respond when I call? ⁵ 

Is my hand too weak ⁶  to deliver ⁷  you?

Do I lack the power to rescue you?

Look, with a mere shout ⁸  I can dry up the sea;

I can turn streams into a desert,

so the fish rot away and die

from lack of water. ⁹ 

Isaiah 54:6-8

54:6 “Indeed, the Lord will call you back

like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, ¹⁰ 

like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God.

54:7 “For a short time I abandoned ¹¹  you,

but with great compassion I will gather you.

54:8 In a burst ¹²  of anger I rejected you ¹³  momentarily,

but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,”

says your protector, ¹⁴  the Lord.

Hosea 5:6

The Futility of Sacrificial Ritual without Moral Obedience

5:6 Although they bring their flocks and herds ¹⁵ 

to seek ¹⁶  the favor of the Lord, ¹⁷ 

They will not find him –

he has withdrawn himself from them!

Hosea 5:15

5:15 Then I will return again to my lair

until they have suffered their punishment. ¹⁸ 

Then they will seek me; ¹⁹ 

in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

Matthew 15:22-28

15:22 A ²⁰  Canaanite woman from that area came ²¹  and cried out, ²²  “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!” 15:23 But he did not answer her a word. Then ²³  his disciples came and begged him, ²⁴  “Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.” 15:24 So ²⁵  he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 15:25 But she came and bowed down ²⁶  before him and said, ²⁷  “Lord, help me!” 15:26 “It is not right ²⁸  to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” ²⁹  he said. ³⁰  15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, ³¹  “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 15:28 Then ³²  Jesus answered her, “Woman, ³³  your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Revelation 3:19

3:19 All those ³⁴  I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

[30:7]  ¹ tn Heb “in your good favor you caused to stand for my mountain strength.” Apparently this means “you established strength for my mountain” (“mountain” in this case representing his rule, which would be centered on Mt. Zion) or “you established strength as my mountain” (“mountain” in this case being a metaphor for security).

[30:7]  ² tn Heb “you hid your face.” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or, as here, carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Ps 88:14).

[8:17]  ³ tn Heb “who hides his face from the house of Jacob.”

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[50:2]  ⁵ sn The present tense translation of the verbs assumes that the Lord is questioning why Israel does not attempt to counter his arguments. Another possibility is to take the verbs as referring to past events: “Why did no one meet me when I came? Why did no one answer when I called?” In this case the Lord might be asking why Israel rejected his calls to repent and his offer to deliver them.

[50:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV).

[50:2]  ⁷ tn Or “ransom” (NAB, NASB, NIV).

[50:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “with my rebuke.”

[50:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “the fish stink from lack of water and die from thirst.”

[54:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “like a woman abandoned and grieved in spirit.”

[54:7]  ¹¹ tn Or “forsook” (NASB).

[54:8]  ¹² tn According to BDB 1009 s.v. שֶׁטֶף the noun שֶׁצֶף here is an alternate form of שֶׁטֶף (shetef, “flood”). Some relate the word to an alleged Akkadian cognate meaning “strength.”

[54:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “I hid my face from you.”

[54:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[5:6]  ¹⁵ sn The terms flocks and herds are used figuratively for animal sacrifices (metonymy of association). Hosea describes the futility of seeking God’s favor with mere ritual sacrifice without the prerequisite moral obedience (e.g., 1 Sam 15:24; Ps 50:6-8; 51:17-18; Isa 1:12; Mic 6:6-8).

[5:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “they go out to seek the Lord”; NCV “to worship the Lord”; NLT “to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”

[5:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the Lord”; the phrase “the favor of” does not appear in Hebrew here, but is supplied for the sake of clarity. It is implied by the metonymical (cause-effect) reference to the Lord, the source of favor and forgiveness.

[5:15]  ¹⁸ 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]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “seek my face” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “seek my presence.”

[15:22]  ²⁰ tn Grk “And behold a Canaanite.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[15:22]  ²¹ tn Grk The participle ἐξελθοῦσα (exelqousa) is here translated as a finite verb. The emphasis is upon her crying out to Jesus.

[15:22]  ²² tn Grk “cried out, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[15:23]  ²³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then.”

[15:23]  ²⁴ tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[15:24]  ²⁵ tn Grk “And answering, he said.” The construction in Greek is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the disciples’ request.

[15:25]  ²⁶ tn In this context the verb προσκυνέω (proskunew), which often describes worship, probably means simply bowing down to the ground in an act of reverence or supplication (see L&N 17.21).

[15:25]  ²⁷ tn Grk “she bowed down to him, saying.”

[15:26]  ²⁸ tn Grk “And answering, he said, ‘It is not right.’” The introductory phrase “answering, he said” has been simplified and placed at the end of the English sentence for stylistic reasons. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[15:26]  ²⁹ tn Or “lap dogs, house dogs,” as opposed to dogs on the street. The diminutive form originally referred to puppies or little dogs, then to house pets. In some Hellenistic uses κυνάριον (kunarion) simply means “dog.”

[15:26]  ³⁰ tn Grk “And answering, he said.” The participle ἀποκριθείς (apokriqeis) is redundant and has not been translated.

[15:27]  ³¹ tn Grk “she said.”

[15:28]  ³² tn Grk “Then answering, Jesus said to her.” This expression has been simplified in the translation.

[15:28]  ³³ sn Woman was a polite form of address (see BDAG 208-9 s.v. γυνή 1), similar to “Madam” or “Ma’am” used in English in different regions.

[3:19]  ³⁴ tn The Greek pronoun ὅσος (Josos) means “as many as” and can be translated “All those” or “Everyone.”