5:5 I will go to the leaders 1
and speak with them.
Surely they know what the Lord demands. 2
Surely they know what their God requires of them.” 3
Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority
and refuse to submit to him. 4
[5:5] 1 tn Or “people in power”; Heb “the great ones.”
[5:5] 2 tn Heb “the way of the Lord.”
[5:5] 3 tn Heb “the judgment [or ordinance] of their God.”
[5:5] 4 tn Heb “have broken the yoke and torn off the yoke ropes.” Compare Jer 2:20 and the note there.
