Imamat 26:43-45

26:43 The land will be abandoned by them ¹  in order that it may make up for ²  its Sabbaths while it is made desolate ³  without them, ⁴  and they will make up for their iniquity because ⁵  they have rejected my regulations and have abhorred ⁶  my statutes. 26:44 In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God. 26:45 I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors ⁷  whom I brought out from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the Lord.’”

Ulangan 30:1-3

The Results of Covenant Reaffirmation

30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses ⁸  I have set before you, you will reflect upon them ⁹  in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you. 30:2 Then if you and your descendants ¹⁰  turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being ¹¹  just as ¹²  I am commanding you today, 30:3 the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he ¹³  has scattered you.

Hakim-hakim 2:18

2:18 When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people ¹⁴  from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them ¹⁵  when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them. ¹⁶ 

Mazmur 90:13

90:13 Turn back toward us, O Lord!

How long must this suffering last? ¹⁷ 

Have pity on your servants! ¹⁸ 

[26:43]  ¹ tn Heb “from them.” The preposition “from” refers here to the agent of the action (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 455).

[26:43]  ² tn The jussive form of the verb with the simple vav (ו) here calls for a translation that expresses purpose.

[26:43]  ³ tn The verb is the Hophal infinitive construct with the third feminine singular suffix (GKC 182 §67.y; cf. v. 34).

[26:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “from them.”

[26:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “because and in because,” a double expression, which is used only here and in Ezek 13:10 (without the vav) for emphasis (GKC 492 §158.b).

[26:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “and their soul has abhorred.”

[26:45]  ⁷ tn Heb “covenant of former ones.”

[26:45]  sn For similar expressions referring back to the ancestors who refused to follow the stipulations of the Mosaic covenant see, for example, Deut 19:14, Jer 11:10, and Ps 79:8 (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 192, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 471).

[30:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “the blessing and the curse.”

[30:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”

[30:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”

[30:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).

[30:2]  ¹² tn Heb “according to all.”

[30:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[2:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:18]  ¹⁵ tn The phrase “for them” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[2:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the ones oppressing them and afflicting them.” The synonyms “oppressing” and “afflicting” are joined together in the translation as “harsh oppressors” to emphasize the cruel character of their enemies.

[90:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Return, O Lord! How long?”

[90:13]  ¹⁸ tn Elsewhere the Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) + the preposition עַל (’al) + a personal object has the nuance “be comforted concerning [the personal object’s death]” (see 2 Sam 13:39; Jer 31:15). However, here the context seems to demand “feel sorrow for,” “have pity on.” In Deut 32:36 and Ps 135:14, where “servants” is also the object of the preposition, this idea is expressed with the Hitpael form of the verb.