¹ tn Heb “their reproach.”

² tn Heb “their reproach with which they reproached you, O Lord.”

¹ tn Grk “the abuse [or ‘reproach’] of Christ.”

¹ tn Heb “my reproach that I fear.”

¹ tn Heb “a permanent reproach he made them.”

² tc The LXX has “I laugh at reproach.”

² tn This is an “insult” or a “reproach.”

¹ tn Heb “as for me, I am a reproach to them.”

² tn Heb “remember your reproach from a fool all the day.”

¹ tn Heb “because of all my enemies I am a reproach.”

⁴ tn Heb “a reproach of man and despised by people.”

² tn The Hebrew word translated “disgrace” usually means “ridicule; taunt; reproach.” It can also refer to the reason the condition of shame or disgrace causes ridicule or a reproach.

² sn “Contempt” (בּוּז, buz) accompanies the wicked; “reproach” (חֶרְפָּה, kherpah) goes with shame. This reproach either further characterizes the behaviors expected of the wicked or possibly the critical rebukes and taunts of the community against a wicked person.

³ tn Heb “will become a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.

³ tn Heb “because I bear the reproach of my youth.” For the plural referents see the note at the beginning of v. 18.

⁵ tn Heb “and I will make him [i.e., Israel] a proverb and a taunt,” that is, a proverbial example of destruction and an object of reproach.

² tn Heb “my reproach.” A “reproach” is a cutting taunt or painful ridicule, but here it probably refers by metonymy to Rachel’s barren condition, which was considered shameful in this culture and was the reason why she was the object of taunting and ridicule.

⁴ tn Grk “and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren.” Yet another note on Elizabeth’s loss of reproach also becomes a sign of the truth of the angel’s declaration.

⁷ tn Heb “and the reproach of my people you will bear.” The second person verb is plural here, in contrast to the singular forms used in vv. 13-15.

² tn Heb “integrity of way.” The term דָּרֶךְ (darekh) is a genitive of specification: “integrity in respect to his way.” This means living above reproach in their course of life. Cf. NASB “whose way is blameless”; NAB “who walks honestly.”