Isaiah 13:18

13:18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; ¹ 

they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, ² 

they will not ³  look with pity on children.

Isaiah 13:21

13:21 Wild animals will rest there,

the ruined ⁴  houses will be full of hyenas. ⁵ 

Ostriches will live there,

wild goats will skip among the ruins. ⁶ 

[13:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and bows cut to bits young men.” “Bows” stands by metonymy for arrows.

[13:18]  ² tn Heb “the fruit of the womb.”

[13:18]  ³ tn Heb “their eye does not.” Here “eye” is a metonymy for the whole person.

[13:21]  ⁴ tn The word “ruined” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[13:21]  ⁵ tn The precise referent of this word in uncertain. See HALOT 29 s.v. *אֹחַ. Various English versions translate as “owls” (e.g., NAB, NASB), “wild dogs” (NCV); “jackals” (NIV); “howling creatures” (NRSV, NLT).

[13:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “will skip there.”