2 Tawarikh 27:2

27:2 He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. ¹  (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) ²  Yet the people were still sinning.

Hosea 9:9

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

9:9 They have sunk deep into corruption ³ 

as in the days of Gibeah.

He will remember their wrongdoing.

He will repay them for their sins.

Zefanya 3:7

3:7 I thought, ⁴  ‘Certainly you will respect ⁵  me!

Now you will accept correction!’

If she had done so, her home ⁶  would not be destroyed ⁷ 

by all the punishments I have threatened. ⁸ 

But they eagerly sinned

in everything they did. ⁹ 

Wahyu 19:2

19:2 because his judgments are true and just. ¹⁰ 

For he has judged ¹¹  the great prostitute

who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality,

and has avenged the blood of his servants ¹²  poured out by her own hands!” ¹³ 

[27:2]  ¹ tn Heb “he did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord, according to all which Uzziah his father had done.”

[27:2]  ² tn Heb “except he did not enter the house of the Lord.”

[9:9]  ³ tn Or more literally, “they are deeply corrupted.” The two verbs הֶעְמִיקוּ־שִׁחֵתוּ (he’miqu-shikhetu; literally, “they have made deep, they act corruptly”) are coordinated without a conjunction vav to form a verbal hendiadys: the second verb represents the main idea, while the first functions adverbially (GKC 386-87 §120.g). Here Gesenius suggests “they are deeply/radically corrupted.” Several translations mirror the syntax of this hendiadys: “They have deeply corrupted themselves” (KJV, ASV, NRSV), “They have been grievously corrupt” (NJPS), and “They are hopelessly evil” (TEV). Others reverse the syntax for the sake of a more graphic English idiom: “They have gone deep in depravity” (NASB) and “They have sunk deep into corruption” (NIV). Some translations fail to represent the hendiadys at all: “You are brutal and corrupt” (CEV). The translation “They are deeply corrupted” mirrors the Hebrew syntax, but “They have sunk deep into corruption” is a more graphic English idiom and is preferred here (cf. NAB “They have sunk to the depths of corruption”).

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “said.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Or “fear.” The second person verb form (“you will respect”) is feminine singular, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed.

[3:7]  sn God’s judgment of the nations (v. 6) was an object lesson for Israel’s benefit.

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Or “dwelling place.”

[3:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “cut off.”

[3:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “all which I have punished her.” The precise meaning of this statement and its relationship to what precedes are unclear.

[3:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “But they got up early, they made corrupt all their actions.” The phrase “they got up early” probably refers to their eagerness to engage in sinful activities.

[19:2]  ¹⁰ tn Compare the similar phrase in Rev 16:7.

[19:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “has punished.” See BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.b.α, describing the OT background which involves both the vindication of the innocent and the punishment of the guilty.

[19:2]  ¹² tn See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

[19:2]  ¹³ tn Grk “from her hand” (referring to her responsibility in causing the blood of God’s followers to be shed).