11:14 They will swoop down 3 on the Philistine hills to the west; 4
together they will loot the people of the east.
They will take over Edom and Moab, 5
and the Ammonites will be their subjects.
1 tn Heb “and all the hills which were hoed with a hoe, you will not go there [for] fear of the thorns and briers.”
2 tn Heb “and it will become a pasture for cattle and a trampling place for sheep.”
3 tn Heb “fly.” Ephraim/Judah are compared to a bird of prey.
4 tn Heb “on the shoulder of Philistia toward the sea.” This refers to the slopes of the hill country west of Judah. See HALOT 506 s.v. כָּתֵף.
5 tn Heb “Edom and Moab [will be the place of] the outstretching of their hand,” i.e., included in their area of jurisdiction (see HALOT 648 s.v. ח(וֹ)מִשְׁלֹ).