Text -- Isaiah 14:8 (NET)

14:8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ‘Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 14:8

¹ tn Heb “concerning you.”

² tn The word “singing” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Note that the personified trees speak in the second half of the verse.

³ tn Heb “lay down” (in death); cf. NAB “laid to rest.”

⁴ tn Heb “the [wood]cutter does not come up against us.”