28:9 Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: “Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. 1 28:10 And now you are planning 2 to enslave 3 the people 4 of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the Lord your God? 28:11 Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the Lord is very angry at you!” 5 28:12 So some of 6 the Ephraimite family leaders, Azariah son of Jehochanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jechizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai confronted 7 those returning from the battle. 28:13 They said to them, “Don’t bring those captives here! Are you planning on making us even more sinful and guilty before the Lord? 8 Our guilt is already great and the Lord is very angry at Israel.” 9
1 tn Heb “and you killed them with anger [that] reaches as far as heaven.”
2 tn Heb “saying.”
3 tn Heb “to enslave as male servants and female servants.”
4 tn Heb “sons.”
5 tn Heb “for the rage of the anger of the
6 tn Heb “men from.”
7 tn Heb “arose against.”
8 tn Heb “for to the guilt of the
9 tn Heb “for great is [the] guilt to us and rage of anger is upon Israel.”