1 2 sn On the three…four style that introduces each of the judgment oracles of chaps. 1-2 see the note on the word “four” in 1:3. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 sn On the three…four style that introduces each of the judgment oracles of chaps. 1-2 see the note on the word “four” in 1:3. 17 18 19 20 sn Here the idolatry of the parents carried over to the children, who persisted in worshiping the idols to which their fathers were loyal. 21 22 23 sn On the three…four style that introduces each of the judgment oracles of chaps. 1-2 see the note on the word “four” in 1:3. Only in this last oracle against Israel does one find the list of four specific violations expected based on the use of a similar formula elsewhere in wisdom literature (see Prov 30:18-19, 29-31). This adaptation of the normal pattern indicates the 24 25 26 27 28 sn The picture of the poor having dirt-covered heads suggests their humiliation before their oppressors and/or their sorrow (see 2 Sam 1:2; 15:32). 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48