21:2 I have received a distressing message: 1
“The deceiver deceives,
the destroyer destroys.
Attack, you Elamites!
Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all the groaning!” 2
51:22 This is what your sovereign master, 3 the Lord your God, says:
“Look, I have removed from your hand
the cup of intoxicating wine, 4
the goblet full of my anger. 5
You will no longer have to drink it.
1 tn Heb “a severe revelation has been related to me.”
2 sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others.
3 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
4 tn Heb “the cup of [= that causes] staggering” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV); NASB “the cup of reeling.”
5 tn Heb “the goblet of the cup of my anger.”