Psalms 44:11

44:11 You handed us ¹  over like sheep to be eaten;

you scattered us among the nations.

Psalms 52:5

52:5 Yet ²  God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. ³ 

He will scoop you up ⁴  and remove you from your home; ⁵ 

he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Leviticus 26:33

26:33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword ⁶  after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

Deuteronomy 4:27

4:27 Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you ⁷  among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:64

28:64 The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 30:3-4

30:3 the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he ⁸  has scattered you. 30:4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, ⁹  from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

Ezekiel 12:15

12:15 “Then they will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries.

Luke 1:51-52

1:51 He has demonstrated power ¹⁰  with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance ¹¹  of their hearts.

1:52 He has brought down the mighty ¹²  from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; ¹³ 

Luke 21:21

21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee ¹⁴  to the mountains. Those ¹⁵  who are inside the city must depart. Those ¹⁶  who are out in the country must not enter it,

[44:11]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).

[52:5]  ² tn The adverb גַּם (gam, “also; even”) is translated here in an adversative sense (“yet”). It highlights the contrastive correspondence between the evildoer’s behavior and God’s response.

[52:5]  ³ tn Heb “will tear you down forever.”

[52:5]  ⁴ tn This rare verb (חָתָה, khatah) occurs only here and in Prov 6:27; 25:22; Isa 30:14.

[52:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “from [your] tent.”

[26:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I will empty sword” (see HALOT 1228 s.v. ריק 3).

[4:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “you will be left men (i.e., few) of number.”

[30:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[30:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “are at the farthest edge of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[1:51]  ¹⁰ tn Or “shown strength,” “performed powerful deeds.” The verbs here switch to aorist tense through 1:55. This is how God will act in general for his people as they look to his ultimate deliverance.

[1:51]  ¹¹ tn Grk “in the imaginations of their hearts.” The psalm rebukes the arrogance of the proud, who think that power is their sovereign right. Here διανοίᾳ (dianoia) can be understood as a dative of sphere or reference/respect.

[1:52]  ¹² tn Or “rulers.”

[1:52]  ¹³ tn Or “those of humble position”

[21:21]  ¹⁴ sn Fleeing to the mountains is a key OT image: Gen 19:17; Judg 6:2; Isa 15:5; Jer 16:16; Zech 14:5.

[21:21]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:21]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.