² tn Or “calamities.”

² tn Or “disaster”; or “calamity.”

⁶ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

² tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

² tn The subject is “my calamity.”

³ tn Heb “and he relents from calamity.”

² tn Heb “from the oppression of calamity.”

² tn Heb “On whose account is this calamity upon us?”

⁴ tn Heb “On whose account this calamity is upon us.”

² tn Heb “the calamity which would find my father.”

² sn In the context of these arguments, “darkness” probably refers to calamity, and so the wicked can expect a calamity that is final.

³ tn Heb “from capture,” a figure for the calamity of v. 25.

⁴ tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”

⁴ tn Heb “Why get involved in calamity and fall, you and Judah with you?”

² tn Heb “for evil”; NAB “for doom”; NASB “for adversity”; NIV “for disaster”; NRSV “for calamity.”

¹ tn Heb “evil.” The term רָעָה (raʿah, “evil”) here functions in a metonymical sense meaning “calamity.” “Good” is the general idea of good fortune or prosperity; the opposite, “evil,” is likewise “misfortune” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV) or calamity.

³ tn The expression מָלְאוּ רָע (mal^eʾu raʿ, “to be full of calamity/evil”) means (1) the wicked do much evil or (2) the wicked experience much calamity (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

⁶ tn Or “brought disaster upon me”; NIV “brought misfortune (calamity NRSV) upon me”; NLT “has sent such tragedy.”

⁴ tn Heb “in the day of your brother, in the day of his calamity.” This expression is probably a hendiadys meaning, “in the day of your brother’s calamity.” The Hebrew word נָכְרוֹ (nokhro, “his calamity”)_is probably a word-play on נָכְרִים (nokhrim, “foreigners”) in v. 11.

⁵ tn The term רעה (lit. “evil”) refers to calamity (e.g., Eccl 5:13; 7:14; 9:12).