25:8 he will swallow up death permanently. 1
The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face,
and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.
Indeed, the Lord has announced it! 2
33:20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!
You 3 will see Jerusalem, 4
a peaceful settlement,
a tent that stays put; 5
its stakes will never be pulled up;
none of its ropes will snap in two.
1 sn The image of the Lord “swallowing” death would be especially powerful, for death was viewed in Canaanite mythology and culture as a hungry enemy that swallows its victims. See the note at 5:14.
2 tn Heb “has spoken” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
3 tn Heb “your eyes” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).
4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
5 tn Or “that does not travel”; NASB “which shall not be folded.”