1 Samuel 2:30

2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say ¹  that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve ²  me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! ³  For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

Mazmur 22:7

22:7 All who see me taunt ⁴  me;

they mock me ⁵  and shake their heads. ⁶ 

Yeremia 51:37

51:37 Babylon will become a heap of ruins.

Jackals will make their home there. ⁷ 

It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn,

a place where no one lives. ⁸ 

[2:30]  ¹ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[2:30]  ² tn Heb “walk about before.”

[2:30]  ³ tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”

[22:7]  ⁴ tn Or “scoff at, deride, mock.”

[22:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “they separate with a lip.” Apparently this refers to their verbal taunting.

[22:7]  ⁶ sn Shake their heads. Apparently this refers to a taunting gesture. See also Job 16:4; Ps 109:25; Lam 2:15.

[51:37]  ⁷ tn Heb “a heap of ruins, a haunt for jackals.” Compare 9:11.

[51:37]  ⁸ tn Heb “without an inhabitant.”