2 Tawarikh 36:16

36:16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, ¹  and ridiculed his prophets. ²  Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. ³ 

Amsal 14:14

14:14 The backslider ⁴  will be paid back ⁵  from his own ways,

but a good person will be rewarded ⁶  for his.

Yeremia 6:19

6:19 Hear this, you peoples of the earth: ⁷ 

‘Take note! ⁸  I am about to bring disaster on these people.

It will come as punishment for their scheming. ⁹ 

For they have paid no attention to what I have said, ¹⁰ 

and they have rejected my law.

[36:16]  ¹ tn Heb “his words.”

[36:16]  ² tn All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.

[36:16]  ³ tn Heb “until the anger of the Lord went up against his people until there was no healer.”

[14:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “a turning away of heart.” The genitive לֵב (lev, “heart”) functions as an attributive adjective: “a backslidden heart.” The term סוּג (sug) means “to move away; to move backwards; to depart; to backslide” (BDB 690 s.v. I סוּג). This individual is the one who backslides, that is, who departs from the path of righteousness.

[14:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “will be filled”; cf. KJV, ASV. The verb (“to be filled, to be satisfied”) here means “to be repaid,” that is, to partake in his own evil ways. His faithlessness will come back to haunt him.

[14:14]  ⁶ tn The phrase “will be rewarded” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.

[6:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “earth.”

[6:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “Behold!”

[6:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “disaster on these people, the fruit of their schemes.”

[6:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my word.”