Mazmur 69:8

69:8 My own brothers treat me like a stranger;

they act as if I were a foreigner. ¹ 

Mazmur 69:2

69:2 I sink into the deep mire

where there is no solid ground; ² 

I am in ³  deep water,

and the current overpowers me.

1 Samuel 16:11

16:11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Is that all of the young men?” Jesse ⁴  replied, “There is still the youngest one, but he’s taking care of the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here.”

Yesaya 49:15

49:15 Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? ⁵ 

Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? ⁶ 

Even if mothers ⁷  were to forget,

I could never forget you! ⁸ 

Matius 10:21-22

10:21 “Brother ⁹  will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against ¹⁰  parents and have them put to death. 10:22 And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matius 10:36

10:36 and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. ¹¹ 

[69:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and I am estranged to my brothers, and a foreigner to the sons of my mother.”

[69:2]  ² tn Heb “and there is no place to stand.”

[69:2]  ³ tn Heb “have entered.”

[16:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jesse) has been specified in the translation both here and in v. 12 for clarity.

[49:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “her suckling”; NASB “her nursing child.”

[49:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “so as not to have compassion on the son of her womb?”

[49:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “these” (so ASV, NASB).

[49:15]  ⁸ sn The argument of v. 15 seems to develop as follows: The Lord has an innate attachment to Zion, just like a mother does for her infant child. But even if mothers were to suddenly abandon their children, the Lord would never forsake Zion. In other words, the Lord’s attachment to Zion is like a mother’s attachment to her infant child, but even stronger.

[10:21]  ⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[10:21]  ¹⁰ tn Or “will rebel against.”

[10:36]  ¹¹ tn Matt 10:35-36 are an allusion to Mic 7:6.