31:18 May lying lips be silenced –
lips 1 that speak defiantly against the innocent 2
with arrogance and contempt!
44:14 You made us 3 an object of ridicule 4 among the nations;
foreigners treat us with contempt. 5
1 tn Heb “the [ones which].”
2 tn Or “godly.”
3 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
4 tn Heb “a proverb,” or “[the subject of] a mocking song.”
5 tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15).