² tn See L&N 88.212.

⁴ sn An allusion to Isa 8:8, 10 (LXX).

³ tn Or “revelings,” “orgies” (L&N 88.287).

³ tn Or “some transgression” (L&N 88.297).

¹ sn Later Judaism ruled that “too small” meant fewer than ten (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 88).

² tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:8 has the variant name “Berothai.”

⁶ sn See Amos 8:8, which is very similar to this verse.

³ tn Or “should pray at all times” (L&N 67.88).

² tn Grk “God does not receive the face of man,” an idiom for showing favoritism or partiality (BDAG 887-88 s.v. πρόσωπον 1.b.α; L&N 88.238).

¹ sn The wheat harvest took place during the month of May. See O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 37, 88.

⁴ tn See L&N 88.253, “to revel, to carouse, to live a life of luxury.”

³ tn On the use of the term διαστρέφω (diastrefw) here, see L&N 31.71 and 88.264.

¹ tn The phrase “every arrogant obstacle” could be translated simply “all arrogance” (so L&N 88.207).

² tn For this translation see L&N 88.258; the term refers to living in moral filth.

³ sn Barley was harvested from late March through late April, wheat from late April to late May (O. Borowski, Agriculture in Ancient Israel, 88, 91).

³ sn The legal background of the situation is uncertain. For a discussion of possibilities, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 87-88.

¹ sn In the morning is here viewed as the time of prayer (Pss 59:16; 88:13) and/or of deliverance (Ps 30:5).

⁵ sn Dark regions refers to Sheol, which the psalmist views as a dark place located deep in the ground (see Ps 88:6).

³ sn Whatever recompense or reward the wicked receive will not last, hence, it is deceptive (R. B. Y. Scott, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes [AB], 88).

¹ tn Compare this phrase to Isa 57:20 and Amos 8:8. See M. Greenberg, Ezekiel (AB), 2:561.