Isaiah 14:4
Context14:4 you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: 1
“Look how the oppressor has met his end!
Hostility 2 has ceased!
Isaiah 24:8
Context24:8 The happy sound 3 of the tambourines stops,
the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt,
the happy sound of the harp ceases.


[14:4] 1 tn Heb “you will lift up this taunt over the king of Babylon, saying.”
[14:4] 2 tc The word in the Hebrew text (מַדְהֵבָה, madhevah) is unattested elsewhere and of uncertain meaning. Many (following the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa) assume a dalet-resh (ד-ר) confusion and emend the form to מַרְהֵבָה (marhevah, “onslaught”). See HALOT 548 s.v. II *מִדָּה and HALOT 633 s.v. *מַרְהֵבָה.