Isaiah 14:19
Context14:19 But you have been thrown out of your grave
like a shoot that is thrown away. 1
You lie among 2 the slain,
among those who have been slashed by the sword,
among those headed for 3 the stones of the pit, 4
as if you were a mangled corpse. 5
Isaiah 51:1
Context51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, 6
who seek the Lord!
Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,


[14:19] 1 tn Heb “like a shoot that is abhorred.” The simile seems a bit odd; apparently it refers to a small shoot that is trimmed from a plant and tossed away. Some prefer to emend נֵצֶר (netser, “shoot”); some propose נֵפֶל (nefel, “miscarriage”). In this case one might paraphrase: “like a horrible-looking fetus that is delivered when a woman miscarries.”
[14:19] 2 tn Heb “are clothed with.”
[14:19] 3 tn Heb “those going down to.”
[14:19] 4 tn בּוֹר (bor) literally means “cistern”; cisterns were constructed from stones. On the metaphorical use of “cistern” for the underworld, see the note at v. 15.
[14:19] 5 tn Heb “like a trampled corpse.” Some take this line with what follows.
[51:1] 6 tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”
[51:1] 7 tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”
[51:1] 8 sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.