Isaiah 2:8

2:8 Their land is full of worthless idols;

they worship ¹  the product of their own hands,

what their own fingers have fashioned.

Isaiah 37:7

37:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; ²  he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ³  with a sword in his own land.”’”

¹ tn Or “bow down to” (NIV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

³ tn Heb “cause him to fall” (so KJV, ASV, NAB), that is, “kill him.”