32:25 The sword will make people childless outside,
and terror will do so inside;
they will destroy 1 both the young man and the virgin,
the infant and the gray-haired man.
32:2 My teaching will drop like the rain,
my sayings will drip like the dew, 2
as rain drops upon the grass,
and showers upon new growth.
1 tn A verb is omitted here in the Hebrew text; for purposes of English style one suitable to the context is supplied.
2 tn Or “mist,” “light drizzle.” In some contexts the term appears to refer to light rain, rather than dew.
3 sn Sidonians were Phoenician inhabitants of the city of Sidon (now in Lebanon), about 47 mi (75 km) north of Mount Carmel.
4 sn Sirion. This name is attested in the Ugaritic texts as sryn. See UT 495.
5 sn Senir. Probably this was actually one of the peaks of Hermon and not the main mountain (Song of Songs 4:8; 1 Chr 5:23). It is mentioned in a royal inscription of Shalmaneser III of Assyria (saniru; see ANET 280).
6 sn Salecah. Today this is known as Salkhad, in Jordan, about 31 mi (50 km) east of the Jordan River in the Hauran Desert.
7 sn Edrei. See note on this term in 3:1.