Mazmur 106:23

106:23 He threatened ¹  to destroy them,

but ²  Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him ³ 

and turned back his destructive anger. ⁴ 

Mazmur 142:4

142:4 Look to the right and see!

No one cares about me. ⁵ 

I have nowhere to run; ⁶ 

no one is concerned about my life. ⁷ 

Yesaya 59:16

The Lord Intervenes

59:16 He sees there is no advocate; ⁸ 

he is shocked ⁹  that no one intervenes.

So he takes matters into his own hands; ¹⁰ 

his desire for justice drives him on. ¹¹ 

Yehezkiel 22:30

22:30 “I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one. ¹² 

Yehezkiel 22:1

The Sins of Jerusalem

22:1 The word of the Lord came to me:

Titus 2:5-6

2:5 to be self-controlled, ¹³  pure, fulfilling their duties at home, ¹⁴  kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message ¹⁵  of God may not be discredited. ¹⁶  2:6 Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled, ¹⁷ 

Titus 2:1

Conduct Consistent with Sound Teaching

2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with ¹⁸  sound teaching.

Yohanes 2:1

Turning Water into Wine

2:1 Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana ¹⁹  in Galilee. ²⁰  Jesus’ mother ²¹  was there,

[106:23]  ¹ tn Heb “and he said.”

[106:23]  ² tn Heb “if not,” that is, “[and would have] if [Moses] had not.”

[106:23]  ³ tn Heb “stood in the gap before him.”

[106:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “to turn back his anger from destroying.”

[106:23]  sn Verses 19-23 describe the events of Exod 32:1-35.

[142:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “there is no one who recognizes me.”

[142:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “ a place of refuge perishes from me.”

[142:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “there is no one who seeks for the sake of my life.”

[59:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “man” (so KJV, ASV); TEV “no one to help.”

[59:16]  ⁹ tn Or “appalled” (NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “disgusted.”

[59:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and his arm delivers for him.”

[59:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and his justice [or “righteousness”] supports him.”

[22:30]  ¹² tn Heb “I did not find.”

[2:5]  ¹³ tn Or “sensible.”

[2:5]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “domestic,” “keeping house.”

[2:5]  ¹⁵ tn Or “word.”

[2:5]  ¹⁶ tn Or “slandered.”

[2:6]  ¹⁷ tn Or “sensible.”

[2:1]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).

[2:1]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map1 C3; Map2 D2; Map3 C5.

[2:1]  ²⁰ sn Cana in Galilee was not a very well-known place. It is mentioned only here, in 4:46, and 21:2, and nowhere else in the NT. Josephus (Life 16 [86]) says he once had his quarters there. The probable location is present day Khirbet Cana, 8 mi (14 km) north of Nazareth, or Khirbet Kenna, 4 mi (7 km) northeast of Nazareth.

[2:1]  ²¹ tn Grk “in Galilee, and Jesus’ mother.”