Text -- Isaiah 22:2 (NET)

22:2 The noisy city is full of raucous sounds; the town is filled with revelry. Your slain were not cut down by the sword; they did not die in battle.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 22:2

¹ tn Heb “the boisterous town.” The phrase is parallel to “the noisy city” in the preceding line.

² sn Apparently they died from starvation during the siege that preceded the final conquest of the city. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:409.