Psalms 89:39-40

89:39 You have repudiated ¹  your covenant with your servant; ² 

you have thrown his crown to the ground. ³ 

89:40 You have broken down all his ⁴  walls;

you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.

Isaiah 23:9

23:9 The Lord who commands armies planned it –

to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, ⁵ 

to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

Isaiah 43:28

43:28 So I defiled your holy princes,

and handed Jacob over to destruction,

and subjected ⁶  Israel to humiliating abuse.”

Isaiah 47:6

47:6 I was angry at my people;

I defiled my special possession

and handed them over to you.

You showed them no mercy; ⁷ 

you even placed a very heavy burden on old people. ⁸ 

[89:39]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb appears only here and in Lam 2:7.

[89:39]  ² tn Heb “the covenant of your servant.”

[89:39]  ³ tn Heb “you dishonor [or “desecrate”] on the ground his crown.”

[89:40]  ⁴ tn The king here represents the land and cities over which he rules.

[23:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “the pride of all the beauty.”

[43:28]  ⁶ tn The word “subjected” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[47:6]  ⁷ tn Or “compassion.”

[47:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “on the old you made very heavy your yoke.”