Isaiah 14:31

14:31 Wail, O city gate!

Cry out, O city!

Melt with fear, ¹  all you Philistines!

For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke,

and there are no stragglers in its ranks. ² 

Isaiah 17:13

17:13 Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, ³ 

when he shouts at ⁴  them, they will flee to a distant land,

driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills,

or like dead thistles ⁵  before a strong gale.

Isaiah 66:14

66:14 When you see this, you will be happy, ⁶ 

and you will be revived. ⁷ 

The Lord will reveal his power to his servants

and his anger to his enemies. ⁸ 

[14:31]  ¹ tn Or “despair” (see HALOT 555 s.v. מוג). The form נָמוֹג (namog) should be taken here as an infinitive absolute functioning as an imperative. See GKC 199-200 §72.v.

[14:31]  ² tn Heb “and there is no one going alone in his appointed places.” The meaning of this line is uncertain. בּוֹדֵד (boded) appears to be a participle from בָּדַד (badad, “be separate”; see BDB 94 s.v. בָּדַד). מוֹעָד (mo’ad) may mean “assembly” or, by extension, “multitude” (see HALOT 558 s.v. *מוֹעָד), but the referent of the third masculine pronominal suffix attached to the noun is unclear. It probably refers to the “nation” mentioned in the next line.

[17:13]  ³ tn Heb “the peoples are in an uproar like the uproar of mighty waters.”

[17:13]  ⁴ tn Or “rebukes.” The verb and related noun are used in theophanies of God’s battle cry which terrifies his enemies. See, for example, Pss 18:15; 76:7; 106:9; Isa 50:2; Nah 1:4, and A. Caquot, TDOT 3:49-53.

[17:13]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “tumbleweed” (NAB, NIV, CEV); KJV “like a rolling thing.”

[66:14]  ⁵ tn “and you will see and your heart will be happy.”

[66:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and your bones like grass will sprout.”

[66:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”