Isaiah 21:2

21:2 I have received a distressing message: ¹ 

“The deceiver deceives,

the destroyer destroys.

Attack, you Elamites!

Lay siege, you Medes!

I will put an end to all the groaning!” ² 

Isaiah 28:18

28:18 Your treaty with death will be dissolved; ³ 

your agreement ⁴  with Sheol will not last. ⁵ 

When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, ⁶ 

you will be overrun by it. ⁷ 

[21:2]  ¹ tn Heb “a severe revelation has been related to me.”

[21:2]  ² sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others.

[28:18]  ³ tn On the meaning of כָּפַר (kafar) in this context, see HALOT 494 s.v. I כפר and J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:515, n. 9.

[28:18]  ⁴ tn Normally the noun חָזוּת (khazut) means “vision.” See the note at v. 15.

[28:18]  ⁵ tn Or “will not stand” (NIV, NRSV).

[28:18]  ⁶ tn See the note at v. 15.

[28:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “you will become a trampling place for it.”