3:1 I said,
“Listen, you leaders 1 of Jacob,
you rulers of the nation 2 of Israel!
You ought to know what is just, 3
3:9 Listen to this, you leaders of the family 4 of Jacob,
you rulers of the nation 5 of Israel!
You 6 hate justice
and pervert all that is right.
7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob
and extend your loyal love to Abraham, 7
which you promised on oath to our ancestors 8
in ancient times. 9
1 tn Heb “heads.”
2 tn Heb “house.”
3 tn Heb “Should you not know justice?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you should!”
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn Heb “house.”
6 tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons (also at the beginning of v. 10).
7 tn More literally, “You will extend loyalty to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham.
8 tn Heb “our fathers.” The Hebrew term refers here to more distant ancestors, not immediate parents.
9 tn Heb “which you swore [or, “pledged”] to our fathers from days of old.”