Isaiah 30:17

30:17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; ¹ 

at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, ² 

until the remaining few are as isolated ³ 

as a flagpole on a mountaintop

or a signal flag on a hill.”

Isaiah 39:6

39:6 ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors ⁴  have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.

¹ tn Heb “One thousand from before [or “because of”] one battle cry.” גְּעָרָה (gÿ’arah) is often defined as “threat,” but in war contexts it likely refers to a shout or battle cry. See Ps 76:6.

² tn Heb “from before [or “because of”] the battle cry of five you will flee.

³ tn Heb “until you are left” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).

⁴ tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).