Isaiah 1:28

1:28 All rebellious sinners will be shattered, ¹ 

those who abandon the Lord will perish.

Isaiah 6:12

6:12 and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place,

and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned. ² 

Isaiah 17:2

17:2 The cities of Aroer are abandoned. ³ 

They will be used for herds,

which will lie down there in peace. ⁴ 

Isaiah 24:19

24:19 The earth is broken in pieces,

the earth is ripped to shreds,

the earth shakes violently. ⁵ 

[1:28]  ¹ tn Heb “and [there will be] a shattering of rebels and sinners together.”

[6:12]  ² tn Heb “and great is the abandonment in the midst of the land.”

[17:2]  ³ tn Three cities are known by this name in the OT: (1) an Aroer located near the Arnon, (2) an Aroer in Ammon, and (3) an Aroer of Judah. (See BDB 792-93 s.v. עֲרֹעֵר, and HALOT 883 s.v. II עֲרוֹעֵר.) There is no mention of an Aroer in Syrian territory. For this reason some want to emend the text here to עֲזֻבוֹת עָרַיהָ עֲדֵי עַד (’azuvot ’arayha ’adey ’ad, “her cities are permanently abandoned”). However, Aroer near the Arnon was taken by Israel and later conquered by the Syrians. (See Josh 12:2; 13:9, 16; Judg 11:26; 2 Kgs 10:33). This oracle pertains to Israel as well as Syria (note v. 3), so it is possible that this is a reference to Israelite and/or Syrian losses in Transjordan.

[17:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they lie down and there is no one scaring [them].”

[24:19]  ⁴ tn Once more repetition is used to draw attention to a statement. In the Hebrew text each lines ends with אֶרֶץ (’erets, “earth”). Each line also uses a Hitpolel verb form from a geminate root preceded by an emphatic infinitive absolute.