39:7 It scorns the tumult in the town;
it does not hear the shouts of a driver. 1
1:10 They mock kings
and laugh at rulers.
They laugh at every fortified city;
they build siege ramps 2 and capture them.
1 sn The animal is happier in open countryside than in a busy town, and on its own rather than being driven by a herdsman.
2 tn Heb “they heap up dirt.” This is a reference to the piling up of earthen ramps in the process of laying siege to a fortified city.