Isaiah 14:8

14:8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, ¹ 

as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ² 

‘Since you fell asleep, ³ 

no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’ ⁴ 

Isaiah 19:16

19:16 At that time ⁵  the Egyptians ⁶  will be like women. ⁷  They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against them. ⁸ 

Isaiah 34:2

34:2 For the Lord is angry at all the nations

and furious with all their armies.

He will annihilate them and slaughter them.

Isaiah 36:3

36:3 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet him.

Isaiah 37:2

37:2 Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, ⁹  clothed in sackcloth, sent this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

Isaiah 60:2

60:2 For, look, darkness covers the earth

and deep darkness covers ¹⁰  the nations,

but the Lord shines on you;

his splendor ¹¹  appears over you.

[14:8]  ¹ tn Heb “concerning you.”

[14:8]  ² tn The word “singing” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Note that the personified trees speak in the second half of the verse.

[14:8]  ³ tn Heb “lay down” (in death); cf. NAB “laid to rest.”

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the [wood]cutter does not come up against us.”

[19:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV), likewise at the beginning of vv. 18 and 19.

[19:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “Egypt,” which stands by metonymy for the country’s inhabitants.

[19:16]  ⁷ sn As the rest of the verse indicates, the point of the simile is that the Egyptians will be relatively weak physically and will wilt in fear before the Lord’s onslaught.

[19:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he will tremble and be afraid because of the brandishing of the hand of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], which he brandishes against him.” Since according to the imagery here the Lord’s “hand” is raised as a weapon against the Egyptians, the term “fist” has been used in the translation.

[37:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “elders of the priests” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NCV “the older priests”; NRSV, TEV, CEV “the senior priests.”

[60:2]  ¹³ tn The verb “covers” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[60:2]  ¹⁴ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions); TEV “the brightness of his presence.”