Isaiah 23:12

23:12 He said,

“You will no longer celebrate,

oppressed ¹  virgin daughter Sidon!

Get up, travel to Cyprus,

but you will find no relief there.” ² 

Isaiah 47:5

47:5 “Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, ³ 

O daughter of the Babylonians!

Indeed, ⁴  you will no longer be called ‘Queen of kingdoms.’

Isaiah 47:1

Babylon Will Fall

47:1 “Fall down! Sit in the dirt,

O virgin ⁵  daughter Babylon!

Sit on the ground, not on a throne,

O daughter of the Babylonians!

Indeed, ⁶  you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.

Isaiah 51:22

51:22 This is what your sovereign master, ⁷  the Lord your God, says:

“Look, I have removed from your hand

the cup of intoxicating wine, ⁸ 

the goblet full of my anger. ⁹ 

You will no longer have to drink it.

[23:12]  ¹ tn Or “violated, raped,” the point being that Daughter Sidon has lost her virginity in the most brutal manner possible.

[23:12]  ² tn Heb “[to the] Kittim, get up, cross over; even there there will be no rest for you.” On “Kittim” see the note on “Cyprus” at v. 1.

[47:5]  ³ tn Heb “darkness,” which may indicate a place of hiding where a fugitive would seek shelter and protection.

[47:5]  ⁴ tn Or “For” (NASB, NRSV).

[47:1]  ⁵ tn בְּתוּלַה (bÿtulah) often refers to a virgin, but the phrase “virgin daughter” is apparently stylized (see also 23:12; 37:22). In the extended metaphor of this chapter, where Babylon is personified as a queen (vv. 5, 7), she is depicted as being both a wife and mother (vv. 8-9).

[47:1]  ⁶ tn Or “For” (NASB, NRSV).

[51:22]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[51:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “the cup of [= that causes] staggering” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV); NASB “the cup of reeling.”

[51:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “the goblet of the cup of my anger.”