Isaiah 60:8

60:8 Who are these who float along like a cloud,

who fly like doves to their shelters?

Isaiah 24:18

24:18 The one who runs away from the sound of the terror

will fall into the pit;

the one who climbs out of the pit,

will be trapped by the snare.

For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up

and the foundations of the earth shake.


tn Heb “fly” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “fly along.”

tn Heb “to their windows,” i.e., to the openings in their coops. See HALOT 83 s.v. אֲרֻבָּה.

tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

tn Heb “from the height”; KJV “from on high.”

sn The language reflects the account of the Noahic Flood (see Gen 7:11).