25:12 The fortified city (along with the very tops of your 1 walls) 2 he will knock down,
he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground. 3
26:5 Indeed, 4 the Lord knocks down those who live in a high place,
he brings down an elevated town;
he brings it down to the ground, 5
he throws it down to the dust.
89:39 You have repudiated 6 your covenant with your servant; 7
you have thrown his crown to the ground. 8
1 sn Moab is addressed.
2 tn Heb “a fortification, the high point of your walls.”
3 tn Heb “he will bring [it] down, he will make [it] touch the ground, even to the dust.”
4 tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).
5 tn The translation assumes that יַשְׁפִּילֶנָּה (yashpilennah) goes with the preceding words “an elevated town,” and that יַשְׁפִּילָהּ (yashpilah) belongs with the following words, “to the ground.” See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:469, n. 7.
6 tn The Hebrew verb appears only here and in Lam 2:7.
7 tn Heb “the covenant of your servant.”
8 tn Heb “you dishonor [or “desecrate”] on the ground his crown.”