Text -- Isaiah 22:4 (NET)

22:4 So I say: “Don’t look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don’t try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 22:4

¹ tn Heb “look away from me” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “don’t hurry” (so NCV).

³ tn Heb “the daughter of my people.” “Daughter” is here used metaphorically to express the speaker’s emotional attachment to his people, as well as their vulnerability and weakness.