80:5 You have given them tears as food; 1
you have made them drink tears by the measure. 2
80:6 You have made our neighbors dislike us, 3
and our enemies insult us.
1 tn Heb “you have fed them the food of tears.”
2 tn Heb “[by] the third part [of a measure].” The Hebrew term שָׁלִישׁ (shalish, “third part [of a measure]”) occurs only here and in Isa 40:12.
3 tn Heb “you have made us an object of contention to our neighbors.”