Mazmur 119:136

119:136 Tears stream down from my eyes, ¹ 

because people ²  do not keep your law.

Mazmur 119:139

119:139 My zeal ³  consumes ⁴  me,

for my enemies forget your instructions. ⁵ 

Mazmur 119:158

119:158 I take note of the treacherous and despise them,

because they do not keep your instructions. ⁶ 

Yehezkiel 9:4

9:4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem ⁷  and put a mark ⁸  on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”

Yehezkiel 9:6

9:6 Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women – wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!” So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

Maleakhi 3:15-17

3:15 So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. ⁹  In fact, those who challenge ¹⁰  God escape!’”

3:16 Then those who respected ¹¹  the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. ¹²  A scroll ¹³  was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name. 3:17 “They will belong to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. ¹⁴  I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

[119:136]  ¹ tn Heb “[with] flowing streams my eyes go down.”

[119:136]  ² tn Heb “they”; even though somewhat generic, the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[119:139]  ³ tn or “zeal.”

[119:139]  ⁴ tn Heb “destroys,” in a hyperbolic sense.

[119:139]  ⁵ tn Heb “your words.”

[119:158]  ⁶ tn Heb “your word.”

[9:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem.”

[9:4]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:4]  ⁸ tn The word translated “mark” is in Hebrew the letter ת (tav). Outside this context the only other occurrence of the word is in Job 31:35. In ancient Hebrew script this letter was written like the letter X.

[9:4]  sn For a similar concept in the Bible, see Rev 7:2-4; 13:16; 14:9, 11; 20:4; 22:4.

[3:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “built up” (so NASB); NIV, NRSV “prosper”; NLT “get rich.”

[3:15]  ¹⁰ tn Or “test”; NRSV, CEV “put God to the test.”

[3:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “fear” (so NAB); NRSV “revered”; NCV “honored.”

[3:16]  ¹² tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”

[3:16]  ¹³ sn The scroll mentioned here is a “memory book” (סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן, sefer zikkaron) in which the Lord keeps an ongoing record of the names of all the redeemed (see Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Dan 12:1; Rev 20:12-15).

[3:17]  ¹⁴ sn The Hebrew word סְגֻלָּה (sÿgullah, “special property”) is a technical term referring to all the recipients of God’s redemptive grace, especially Israel (Exod 19:5; Deut 7:6; 14:2; 26:18). The Lord says here that he will not forget even one individual in the day of judgment and reward.