Isaiah 10:12

10:12 But when ¹  the sovereign master ²  finishes judging ³  Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I ⁴  will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays. ⁵ 

Isaiah 24:21

The Lord Will Become King

24:21 At that time ⁶  the Lord will punish ⁷ 

the heavenly forces in the heavens ⁸ 

and the earthly kings on the earth.

Jeremiah 11:22

11:22 So the Lord who rules over all ⁹  said, “I will surely ¹⁰  punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. ¹¹  Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.

Jeremiah 25:12

25:12 “‘But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation ¹²  for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon ¹³  an everlasting ruin. ¹⁴  I, the Lord, affirm it! ¹⁵ 

Zephaniah 1:8

1:8 “On the day of the Lord’s sacrificial meal,

I will punish the princes ¹⁶  and the king’s sons,

and all who wear foreign styles of clothing. ¹⁷ 

¹ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

² tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 16, 23, 24, 33 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

³ tn Heb “his work on/against.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV “on”; NIV “against.”

⁴ tn The Lord is speaking here, as in vv. 5-6a.

⁵ tn Heb “I will visit [judgment] on the fruit of the greatness of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of the height of his eyes.” The proud Assyrian king is likened to a large, beautiful fruit tree.

⁶ tn Or “in that day” (so KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

⁷ tn Heb “visit [in judgment].”

⁸ tn Heb “the host of the height in the height.” The “host of the height/heaven” refers to the heavenly luminaries (stars and planets, see, among others, Deut 4:19; 17:3; 2 Kgs 17:16; 21:3, 5; 23:4-5; 2 Chr 33:3, 5) that populate the divine/heavenly assembly in mythological and prescientific Israelite thought (see Job 38:7; Isa 14:13).

⁹ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “Behold I will.” For the function of this particle see the translator’s note on 1:6.

¹¹ tn Heb “will die by the sword.” Here “sword” stands contextually for “battle” while “starvation” stands for death by starvation during siege.

¹² tn Heb “that nation.”

¹³ tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the use of the term “Chaldeans.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, oracle of the Lord, their iniquity even upon the land of the Chaldeans and I will make it everlasting ruins.” The sentence has been restructured to avoid ambiguity and to conform the style more to contemporary English.

¹⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

¹⁶ tn Or “officials” (NRSV, TEV); NLT “leaders.”

¹⁷ sn The very dress of the royal court, foreign styles of clothing, revealed the degree to which Judah had assimilated foreign customs.