³ tn Heb “everyone who commits adultery from you.”

¹ tn Heb “his faithfulness and his commitment.”

⁴ tn Heb “which they are committing harlotry after them.”

³ tn Grk “of all their works of ungodliness.” The adverb “thoroughly” is part of the following verb “have committed.” See note on verb “committed” later in this verse.

¹ tn Heb “because of Jeroboam which he committed and which he made Israel commit, by his provocation by which he made the Lord God of Israel angry.”

⁷ tn Grk “because of the passing over of sins previously committed in the forbearance of God.”

¹ tn Or “you who commit lawless deeds”; or “you who behave lawlessly”; Grk “workers of lawlessness.”

³ tn Heb “for bloodshed” (so NASB); TEV “for a chance to commit murder.”

² tn Heb “you have committed adultery”; cf. NRSV “you have played the whore.”

⁴ sn Clung tightly. The expression suggests strong commitment (see R. L. Hubbard, Jr., Ruth [NICOT], 115).

² tn Heb “seen”; the implied object (the crime committed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “struck,” but in context a fatal blow is meant; cf. NLT “who committed the murder.”

¹ tn Or “committed.” BDAG 762 s.v. παραδίδωμι 2 gives “be commended by someone to the grace of the Lord” as the meaning for this phrase, although “give over” and “commit” are listed as alternatives for this category.

¹ tn Heb “and you walked in the way of the kings of Israel and caused Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to commit adultery, like the house of Ahab causes to commit adultery.”

¹ tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel.

² tn Heb “because of the lightness of her prostitution, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.”

² tn Heb “because she committed adultery.” The translation is intended to spell out the significance of the metaphor.

² tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”

² sn Man commits evil with the same ease and facility as he drinks in water—freely and in large quantities.

¹ tn Heb “have sinned.” For stylistic reasons—to avoid redundancy in English—this was translated as “committed.”