3:4 Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? 1
Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?
3:6 If an alarm sounds 2 in a city, do people not fear? 3
If disaster overtakes a 4 city, is the Lord not responsible? 5
5:20 Don’t you realize the Lord’s day of judgment will bring 6 darkness, not light –
gloomy blackness, not bright light?
5:22 Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, 7 I will not be satisfied;
I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves. 8
9:10 All the sinners among my people will die by the sword –
the ones who say, ‘Disaster will not come near, it will not confront us.’
1 tn Heb “without having prey [or “food”].”
2 tn Heb “If the ram’s horn is blown.”
3 tn Or “tremble” (NASB, NIV, NCV); or “shake.”
4 tn Heb “is in”; NIV, NCV, NLT “comes to.”
5 tn Heb “has the
6 tn Heb “Will not the day of the Lord be.”
7 tn Heb “burnt offerings and your grain offerings.”
8 tn Heb “Peace offering[s], your fattened calves, I will not look at.”