Psalms 89:41

89:41 All who pass by ¹  have robbed him;

he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

Isaiah 10:6

10:6 I sent him ²  against a godless ³  nation,

I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, ⁴ 

to take plunder and to carry away loot,

to trample them down ⁵  like dirt in the streets.

Isaiah 10:14

10:14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest,

as one gathers up abandoned eggs,

I gathered up the whole earth.

There was no wing flapping,

or open mouth chirping.” ⁶ 

Jeremiah 15:13

15:13 I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder.

I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land.

Jeremiah 20:8

20:8 For whenever I prophesy, ⁷  I must cry out, ⁸ 

“Violence and destruction are coming!” ⁹ 

This message from the Lord ¹⁰  has made me

an object of continual insults and derision.

[89:41]  ¹ tn Heb “all the passersby on the road.”

[10:6]  ² sn Throughout this section singular forms are used to refer to Assyria; perhaps the king of Assyria is in view (see v. 12).

[10:6]  ³ tn Or “defiled”; cf. ASV “profane”; NAB “impious”; NCV “separated from God.”

[10:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and against the people of my anger I ordered him.”

[10:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “to make it [i.e., the people] a trampled place.”

[10:14]  ⁶ sn The Assyrians’ conquests were relatively unopposed, like robbing a bird’s nest of its eggs when the mother bird is absent.

[20:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “speak,” but the speaking is in the context of speaking as a prophet.

[20:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “I cry out, I proclaim.”

[20:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “Violence and destruction.”

[20:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the word of the Lord.” For the use of כִּי…כִּי (ki…ki) here in the sense of “for…and” see KBL 432 s.v. כּי 10.