2:3 Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! 1
It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. 2
You will no longer 3 walk proudly,
for it will be a time of catastrophe.
3:4 Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, 4
but he will not answer them.
He will hide his face from them at that time,
because they have done such wicked deeds.”
1 tn Heb “clan” or “extended family.”
2 tn Heb “from which you will not remove your neck.” The words “It will be like a yoke” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 tn Or “you will not.”
4 tn Heb “then they will cry out to the