Ratapan 3:33

3:33 For he is not predisposed to afflict ¹ 

or to grieve people. ² 

Ratapan 3:66

3:66 Pursue them ³  in anger and eradicate them

from under the Lord’s heaven.

[3:33]  ¹ tn Heb “he does not afflict from his heart.” The term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) preceded by the preposition מִן (min) most often describes one’s initiative or motivation, e.g. “of one’s own accord” (Num. 16:28; 24:13; Deut. 4:9; 1Kings 12:33; Neh. 6:8; Job 8:10; Is. 59:13; Ezek. 13:2, 17). It is not God’s internal motivation to bring calamity and trouble upon people.

[3:33]  ² tn Heb “sons of men.”

[3:66]  ³ tn Heb “pursue.” The accusative direct object is implied in the Hebrew, and inserted in the translation.