Isaiah 21:3

21:3 For this reason my stomach churns; ¹ 

cramps overwhelm me

like the contractions of a woman in labor.

I am disturbed ²  by what I hear,

horrified by what I see.

Isaiah 48:8

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand. ³ 

For I know that you are very deceitful; ⁴ 

you were labeled ⁵  a rebel from birth.

[21:3]  ¹ tn Heb “my waist is filled with shaking [or “anguish”].”

[21:3]  ² tn Or perhaps, “bent over [in pain]”; cf. NRSV “I am bowed down.”

[48:8]  ³ tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

[48:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[48:8]  ⁵ tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).