“Look how the oppressor has met his end!
Hostility 2 has ceased!
24:8 The happy sound 3 of the tambourines stops,
the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt,
the happy sound of the harp ceases.
1 tn Heb “you will lift up this taunt over the king of Babylon, saying.”
2 tc The word in the Hebrew text (מַדְהֵבָה, madhevah) is unattested elsewhere and of uncertain meaning. Many (following the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa) assume a dalet-resh (ד-ר) confusion and emend the form to מַרְהֵבָה (marhevah, “onslaught”). See HALOT 548 s.v. II *מִדָּה and HALOT 633 s.v. *מַרְהֵבָה.
3 tn Heb “the joy” (again later in this verse).