83:4 They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! 1
Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”
83:5 Yes, 2 they devise a unified strategy; 3
they form an alliance 4 against you.
83:6 It includes 5 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites, 6
1 tn Heb “we will cause them to disappear from [being] a nation.”
2 tn Or “for.”
3 tn Heb “they consult [with] a heart together.”
4 tn Heb “cut a covenant.”
5 tn The words “it includes” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 sn The Hagrites are also mentioned in 1 Chr 5:10, 19-20.