9:16 The leaders of this nation were misleading people,
and the people being led were destroyed. 1
32:18 My people will live in peaceful settlements,
in secure homes,
and in safe, quiet places. 2
33:3 The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; 3
the nations scatter when you spring into action! 4
33:12 The nations will be burned to ashes; 5
like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.
43:8 Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes,
those who are deaf, even though they have ears!
63:6 I trampled nations in my anger,
I made them drunk 6 in my rage,
I splashed their blood on the ground.” 7
63:18 For a short time your special 8 nation possessed a land, 9
but then our adversaries knocked down 10 your holy sanctuary.
1 tn Heb “and the ones being led were swallowed up.” Instead of taking מְבֻלָּעִים (mÿbulla’im) from בָּלַע (bala’, “to swallow”), HALOT 134 s.v. בלע proposes a rare homonymic root בלע (“confuse”) here.
2 tn Or “in safe resting places”; NAB, NRSV “quiet resting places.”
3 tn Heb “at the sound of tumult the nations run away.”
4 tn Heb “because of your exaltation the nations scatter.”
4 tn Heb “will be a burning to lime.” See Amos 2:1.
5 sn See Isa 49:26 and 51:23 for similar imagery.
6 tn Heb “and I brought down to the ground their juice.” “Juice” refers to their blood (see v. 3).
6 tn Or “holy” (ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT).
7 tn Heb “for a short time they had a possession, the people of your holiness.”
8 tn Heb “your adversaries trampled on.”