Isaiah 13:4

13:4 ¹ There is a loud noise on the mountains –

it sounds like a large army! ² 

There is great commotion among the kingdoms ³  –

nations are being assembled!

The Lord who commands armies is mustering

forces for battle.

Isaiah 13:19

13:19 Babylon, the most admired ⁴  of kingdoms,

the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, ⁵ 

will be destroyed by God

just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. ⁶ 

Isaiah 23:17

23:17 At the end of seventy years ⁷  the Lord will revive ⁸  Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth’s kingdoms. ⁹ 

Isaiah 37:20

37:20 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.” ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 47:5

47:5 “Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, ¹¹ 

O daughter of the Babylonians!

Indeed, ¹²  you will no longer be called ‘Queen of kingdoms.’

[13:4]  ¹ sn In vv. 4-10 the prophet appears to be speaking, since the Lord is referred to in the third person. However, since the Lord refers to himself in the third person later in this chapter (see v. 13), it is possible that he speaks throughout the chapter.

[13:4]  ² tn Heb “a sound, a roar [is] on the mountains, like many people.”

[13:4]  ³ tn Heb “a sound, tumult of kingdoms.”

[13:19]  ⁴ tn Or “most beautiful” (NCV, TEV).

[13:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans.”

[13:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “and Babylon…will be like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah.” On מַהְפֵּכַת (mahpekhat, “overthrow”) see the note on the word “destruction” in 1:7.

[23:17]  ⁷ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[23:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “visit [with favor]” (cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “will deal with.”

[23:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “and she will return to her [prostitute’s] wages and engage in prostitution with all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the earth.”

[37:20]  ¹⁰ tn The parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:19 reads, “that you, Lord, are the only God.”

[47:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “darkness,” which may indicate a place of hiding where a fugitive would seek shelter and protection.

[47:5]  ¹⁴ tn Or “For” (NASB, NRSV).