2:5 They sound like 1 chariots rumbling 2 over mountain tops,
like the crackling 3 of blazing fire consuming stubble,
like the noise of 4 a mighty army 5 being drawn up for battle. 6
1 tn Heb “like the sound of.”
2 tn Heb “jostling” or “leaping.” There is question whether this pictures chariots rumbling over the mountains (e.g., 2 Sam 6:14,16; 1 Chr 15:29; Nah 3:2) or the locusts flying – or “leaping” – over the mountains (e.g., Job 21:11); see BDB 955 s.v. רָקַד.
3 tn Heb “sound.”
4 tn The phrase “the noise of” does not appear in the Hebrew, but is implied by the parallelism, so it has been supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
5 tn Heb “people.”
6 tn Heb “being arrayed of battle.”