Isaiah 10:34

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

and mighty Lebanon will fall. ¹ 

Isaiah 25:12

25:12 The fortified city (along with the very tops of your ²  walls) ³  he will knock down,

he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground. ⁴ 

Isaiah 64:1

64:1 (63:19b) ⁵  If only you would tear apart the sky ⁶  and come down!

The mountains would tremble ⁷  before you!

[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.”

[25:12]  ² sn Moab is addressed.

[25:12]  ³ tn Heb “a fortification, the high point of your walls.”

[25:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “he will bring [it] down, he will make [it] touch the ground, even to the dust.”

[64:1]  ³ sn In BHS the chapter division occurs in a different place from the English Bible: 64:1 ET (63:19b HT) and 64:2-12 (64:1-11 HT). Beginning with 65:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same.

[64:1]  ⁴ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[64:1]  ⁵ tn Or “quake.” נָזֹלּוּ (nazollu) is from the verbal root זָלַל (zalal, “quake”; see HALOT 272 s.v. II זלל). Perhaps there is a verbal allusion to Judg 5:5, the only other passage where this verb occurs. In that passage the poet tells how the Lord’s appearance to do battle caused the mountains to shake.