Isaiah 15:6

15:6 For the waters of Nimrim are gone; ¹ 

the grass is dried up,

the vegetation has disappeared,

and there are no plants.

Isaiah 23:13

23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,

these people who have lost their identity! ² 

The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.

They erected their siege towers, ³ 

demolished ⁴  its fortresses,

and turned it into a heap of ruins. ⁵ 

Isaiah 32:14

32:14 For the fortress is neglected;

the once-crowded ⁶  city is abandoned.

Hill ⁷  and watchtower

are permanently uninhabited. ⁸ 

Wild donkeys love to go there,

and flocks graze there. ⁹ 

Isaiah 39:4

39:4 Isaiah ¹⁰  asked, “What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries.”

[15:6]  ¹ tn Heb “are waste places”; cf. NRSV “are a desolation.”

[23:13]  ² tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”

[23:13]  ³ tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.

[23:13]  ⁴ tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.

[23:13]  ⁵ sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.

[32:14]  ³ tn Or “noisy” (NAB, NIV, NCV).

[32:14]  ⁴ tn Hebrew עֹפֶל (’ofel), probably refers here to a specific area within the city of Jerusalem. See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.

[32:14]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has בְעַד מְעָרוֹת (vÿ’ad mÿ’arot). The force of בְעַד, which usually means “behind, through, round about,” or “for the benefit of,” is uncertain here. HALOT 616 s.v. *מְעָרָה takes מְעָרוֹת (mÿ’arot) as a homonym of “cave” and define it here as “cleared field.” Despite these lexical problems, the general point of the statement seems clear – the city will be uninhabited.

[32:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”

[39:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Isaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.