10:6 I sent him 1 against a godless 2 nation,
I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, 3
to take plunder and to carry away loot,
to trample them down 4 like dirt in the streets.
32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; 5
his mind plans out sinful deeds. 6
He commits godless deeds 7
and says misleading things about the Lord;
he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite 8
and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. 9
1 sn Throughout this section singular forms are used to refer to Assyria; perhaps the king of Assyria is in view (see v. 12).
2 tn Or “defiled”; cf. ASV “profane”; NAB “impious”; NCV “separated from God.”
3 tn Heb “and against the people of my anger I ordered him.”
4 tn Heb “to make it [i.e., the people] a trampled place.”
5 tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.
6 tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”
7 tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”
8 tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”
9 tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”