10:6 I sent him 1 against a godless 2 nation,
I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, 3
to take plunder and to carry away loot,
to trample them down 4 like dirt in the streets.
51:20 Your children faint;
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a snare.
They are left in a stupor by the Lord’s anger,
by the battle cry of your God. 5
5:25 So the Lord is furious 6 with his people;
he lifts 7 his hand and strikes them.
The mountains shake,
and corpses lie like manure 8 in the middle of the streets.
Despite all this, his anger does not subside,
and his hand is ready to strike again. 9
1 sn Throughout this section singular forms are used to refer to Assyria; perhaps the king of Assyria is in view (see v. 12).
2 tn Or “defiled”; cf. ASV “profane”; NAB “impious”; NCV “separated from God.”
3 tn Heb “and against the people of my anger I ordered him.”
4 tn Heb “to make it [i.e., the people] a trampled place.”
5 tn Heb “those who are full of the anger of the Lord, the shout [or “rebuke”] of your God.”
9 tn Heb “the anger of the Lord rages.”
10 tn Or “extends”; KJV, ASV “he hath stretched forth.”
11 tn Or “garbage” (NCV, CEV, NLT); NAB, NASB, NIV “refuse.”
12 tn Heb “in all this his anger is not turned, and still his hand is outstretched.”