2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;
there is no end to their wealth. 1
Their land is full of horses;
there is no end to their chariots. 2
42:22 But these people are looted and plundered;
all of them are trapped in pits 3
and held captive 4 in prisons.
They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them;
they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, “Bring that back!” 5
1 tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”
2 sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.
3 tc The Hebrew text has בַּחוּרִים (bakhurim, “young men”), but the text should be emended to בְּהוֹרִים (bÿhorim, “in holes”).
4 tn Heb “and made to be hidden”; NAB, NASB, NIV, TEV “hidden away in prisons.”
5 tn Heb “they became loot and there was no one rescuing, plunder and there was no one saying, ‘Bring back’.”