Isaiah 14:21

14:21 Prepare to execute ¹  his sons

for the sins their ancestors have committed. ² 

They must not rise up and take possession of the earth,

or fill the surface of the world with cities.” ³ 

Isaiah 39:7

39:7 ‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father ⁴  will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

¹ tn Or “the place of slaughter for.”

² tn Heb “for the sin of their fathers.”

³ sn J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:320, n. 10) suggests that the garrison cities of the mighty empire are in view here.

⁴ tn Heb “Some of your sons, who go out from you, whom you father.”