14:23 “I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals 1
and covered with pools of stagnant water.
I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” 2
says the Lord who commands armies.
23:11 The Lord stretched out his hand over the sea, 3
he shook kingdoms;
he 4 gave the order
to destroy Canaan’s fortresses. 5
48:19 Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, 6
and your children 7 like its granules.
Their name would not have been cut off
and eliminated from my presence. 8
1 tn Heb “I will make her into a possession of wild animals.” It is uncertain what type of animal קִפֹּד (qippod) refers to. Some suggest a rodent (cf. NASB, NRSV “hedgehog”), others an owl (cf, NAB, NIV, TEV).
2 tn Heb “I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”
3 tn Heb “his hand he stretched out over the sea.”
4 tn Heb “the Lord.” For stylistic reasons the pronoun (“he”) has been used in the translation here.
5 tn Heb “concerning Canaan, to destroy her fortresses.” NIV, NLT translate “Canaan” as “Phoenicia” here.
5 tn Heb “like sand”; NCV “as many as the grains of sand.”
6 tn Heb “and the issue from your inner parts.”
7 tn Heb “and his name would not be cut off and would not be destroyed from before me.”