13:2 1 On a bare hill raise a signal flag,
shout to them,
wave your hand,
so they might enter the gates of the princes!
16:12 When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, 2
and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective! 3
26:20 Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms!
Close your doors behind you!
Hide for a little while,
until his angry judgment is over! 4
59:14 Justice is driven back;
godliness 5 stands far off.
Indeed, 6 honesty stumbles in the city square
and morality is not even able to enter.
1 sn The Lord is speaking here (see v. 3).
2 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
3 tn Heb “when he appears, when he grows tired, Moab on the high places, and enters his temple to pray, he will not prevail.” It is possible that “when he grows tired” is an explanatory gloss for the preceding “when he appears.”
4 tn Heb “until anger passes by.”
5 tn Or “righteousness” (ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); KJV, NAB “justice.”
6 tn Or “for” (KJV, NRSV).