Isaiah 2:7

2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;

there is no end to their wealth. ¹ 

Their land is full of horses;

there is no end to their chariots. ² 

Isaiah 30:16

30:16 You say, ‘No, we will flee on horses,’

so you will indeed flee.

You say, ‘We will ride on fast horses,’

so your pursuers will be fast.

Isaiah 31:3

31:3 The Egyptians are mere humans, not God;

their horses are made of flesh, not spirit.

The Lord will strike with ³  his hand;

the one who helps will stumble

and the one being helped will fall.

Together they will perish. ⁴ 

Isaiah 36:8

36:8 Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

Isaiah 38:14

38:14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,

I coo ⁵  like a dove;

my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. ⁶ 

O sovereign master, ⁷  I am oppressed;

help me! ⁸ 

[2:7]  ¹ tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”

[2:7]  ² sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.

[31:3]  ³ tn Heb “will extend”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV “stretch out.”

[31:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “together all of them will come to an end.”

[38:14]  ⁵ tn Or “moan” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); KJV, CEV “mourn.”

[38:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “my eyes become weak, toward the height.”

[38:14]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in v. 16 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[38:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “stand surety for me.” Hezekiah seems to be picturing himself as a debtor who is being exploited; he asks that the Lord might relieve his debt and deliver him from the oppressive creditor.