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 51:22

51:22 This is what your sovereign master, ³  the Lord your God, says:

“Look, I have removed from your hand

the cup of intoxicating wine, ⁴ 

the goblet full of my anger. ⁵ 

You will no longer have to drink it.

[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.

[51:22]  ³ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[51:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “the cup of [= that causes] staggering” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV); NASB “the cup of reeling.”

[51:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “the goblet of the cup of my anger.”