Isaiah 10:34

10:34 The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax,

and mighty Lebanon will fall. ¹ 

Isaiah 13:15

13:15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed;

everyone who is seized ²  will die ³  by the sword.

Isaiah 54:15

54:15 If anyone dares to ⁴  challenge you, it will not be my doing!

Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated. ⁵ 

[10:34]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has, “and Lebanon, by/as [?] a mighty one, will fall.” The translation above takes the preposition בְּ (bet) prefixed to “mighty one” as indicating identity, “Lebanon, as a mighty one, will fall.” In this case “mighty one” describes Lebanon. (In Ezek 17:23 and Zech 11:2 the adjective is used of Lebanon’s cedars.) Another option is to take the preposition as indicating agency and interpret “mighty one” as a divine title (see Isa 33:21). One could then translate, “and Lebanon will fall by [the agency of] the Mighty One.”

[13:15]  ² tn Heb “carried off,” i.e., grabbed from the fleeing crowd. See HALOT 764 s.v. ספה.

[13:15]  ³ tn Heb “will fall” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NLT “will be run through with a sword.”

[54:15]  ³ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb here for emphasis.

[54:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “will fall over you.” The expression נָפַל עַל (nafal ’al) can mean “attack,” but here it means “fall over to,” i.e., “surrender to.”