18:1 The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, 1
the one beyond the rivers of Cush,
33:17 You will see a king in his splendor; 2
you will see a wide land. 3
40:23 He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing;
he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.
1 tn Heb “Woe [to] the land of buzzing wings.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.
2 tn Heb “your eyes will see a king in his beauty”; NIV, NRSV “the king.”
3 tn Heb “a land of distances,” i.e., an extensive land.