21:14 But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,’
says the Lord. 1
‘I will set fire to your palace;
it will burn up everything around it.’” 2
49:27 “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus;
it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad.” 3
32:22 For a fire has been kindled by my anger,
and it burns to lowest Sheol; 4
it consumes the earth and its produce,
and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
1:4 So I will set Hazael’s house 5 on fire;
fire 6 will consume Ben Hadad’s 7 fortresses.
1:7 So I will set Gaza’s city wall 8 on fire;
fire 9 will consume her fortresses.
1:10 So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; 10
fire 11 will consume her fortresses.”
1:12 So I will set Teman 12 on fire;
fire 13 will consume Bozrah’s 14 fortresses.”
1:14 So I will set fire to Rabbah’s 15 city wall; 16
fire 17 will consume her fortresses.
War cries will be heard on the day of battle; 18
a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm. 19
2:2 So I will set Moab on fire, 20
and it will consume Kerioth’s 21 fortresses.
Moab will perish 22 in the heat of battle 23
amid war cries and the blaring 24 of the ram’s horn. 25
2:5 So I will set Judah on fire,
and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.” 26
1 tn Heb “oracle of the
2 tn Heb “I will set fire in its forest and it will devour its surroundings.” The pronouns are actually third feminine singular going back to the participle “you who sit enthroned above the valley.” However, this is another example of those rapid shifts in pronouns typical of the biblical Hebrew style which are uncommon in English. They have regularly been leveled to the same person throughout in the translation to avoid possible confusion for the English reader.
3 sn Ben-Hadad was a common name borne by a number of the kings of Damascus, e.g., one during the time of Asa around 900
4 tn Or “to the lowest depths of the earth”; cf. NAB “to the depths of the nether world”; NIV “to the realm of death below”; NLT “to the depths of the grave.”
5 tn “Hazael’s house” (“the house of Hazael”) refers to the dynasty of Hazael.
6 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 sn Ben-hadad may refer to Hazael’s son and successor (2 Kgs 13:3, 24) or to an earlier king (see 1 Kgs 20), perhaps the ruler whom Hazael assassinated when he assumed power.
8 sn The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.
9 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 sn The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.
11 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 sn Teman was an important region (or perhaps city) in Edom.
13 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 sn Bozrah was a city located in northern Edom.
15 sn Rabbah was the Ammonite capital.
16 sn The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.
17 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
18 tn Heb “with a war cry in the day of battle.”
19 tn Heb “with wind in the day of the windstorm.”
20 sn The destruction of Moab by fire is an example of a judgment in kind – as the Moabites committed the crime of “burning,” so the
21 sn Kerioth was an important Moabite city. See Jer 48:24, 41.
22 tn Or “die” (KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV); NAB “shall meet death.”
23 tn Or “in the tumult.” This word refers to the harsh confusion of sounds that characterized an ancient battle – a mixture of war cries, shouts, shrieks of pain, clashes of weapons, etc.
24 tn Heb “sound” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).
25 sn The ram’s horn (used as a trumpet) was blown to signal the approaching battle.
26 map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.