¹ tn Or “lifestyle,” “behavior.”

² tn Grk “by the wives’ behavior.”

¹ tn The active participles describe characteristic behavior.

² tn Heb “According to your behavior I will place on you.”

³ tn “I will set your behavior on your head.”

³ tn Heb “way,” frequently for conduct, behavior, or lifestyle.

³ tn Heb “ways” (referring figuratively to God’s behavior here).

² tn The imperfect verbal form emphasizes their characteristic behavior.

³ tn Here the imperfect emphasizes God’s typical behavior.

³ tn Heb “and not like the behavior of Israel.”

³ tn Grk “having gone along,” referring to the readers’ behavior in time past.

¹ tn Grk “behavior,” the same word translated “the way you live” in vs. 1.

¹ tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).

² tn Heb “ways.” This same word is translated “behavior” earlier in the verse.

³ tn Or “righteousness.” Their godly behavior will be on display for all to see.

² tn The three imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 highlight the characteristic behavior of the typical evildoer.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Yet” to indicate the contrast between their location and their faithful behavior.

³ tn Or “not conducting ourselves”; Grk “not walking” (a common NT idiom for conduct, way of life, or behavior).

³ tn Or “wallow.” The verb פָּלַשׁ (palash, “roll about [in dust])” refers to a cultural behavior associated with mourning.

⁶ tn Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, represents the nation’s behavior. The rhetorical question expects an affirmative answer.