Isaiah 21:9

21:9 Look what’s coming!

A charioteer,

a team of horses.” ¹ 

When questioned, he replies, ² 

“Babylon has fallen, fallen!

All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

Isaiah 22:11

22:11 You made a reservoir between the two walls

for the water of the old pool –

but you did not trust in ³  the one who made it; ⁴ 

you did not depend on ⁵  the one who formed it long ago!

Isaiah 23:13

23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,

these people who have lost their identity! ⁶ 

The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.

They erected their siege towers, ⁷ 

demolished ⁸  its fortresses,

and turned it into a heap of ruins. ⁹ 

Isaiah 49:18

49:18 Look all around you! ¹⁰ 

All of them gather to you.

As surely as I live,” says the Lord,

“you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry;

you will put them on as if you were a bride.

[21:9]  ¹ tn Or “[with] teams of horses,” or perhaps, “with a pair of horsemen.”

[21:9]  ² tn Heb “and he answered and said” (so KJV, ASV).

[22:11]  ³ tn Heb “look at”; NAB, NRSV “did not look to.”

[22:11]  ⁴ tn The antecedent of the third feminine singular suffix here and in the next line is unclear. The closest feminine noun is “pool” in the first half of the verse. Perhaps this “old pool” symbolizes the entire city, which had prospered because of God’s provision and protection through the years.

[22:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “did not see.”

[23:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”

[23:13]  ⁶ tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.

[23:13]  ⁷ tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.

[23:13]  ⁸ sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.

[49:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “Lift up around your eyes and see.”