Isaiah 24:12

24:12 The city is left in ruins; ¹ 

the gate is reduced to rubble. ² 

Isaiah 14:31

14:31 Wail, O city gate!

Cry out, O city!

Melt with fear, ³  all you Philistines!

For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke,

and there are no stragglers in its ranks. ⁴ 

[24:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and there is left in the city desolation.”

[24:12]  ² tn Heb “and [into] rubble the gate is crushed.”

[14:31]  ³ tn Or “despair” (see HALOT 555 s.v. מוג). The form נָמוֹג (namog) should be taken here as an infinitive absolute functioning as an imperative. See GKC 199-200 §72.v.

[14:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there is no one going alone in his appointed places.” The meaning of this line is uncertain. בּוֹדֵד (boded) appears to be a participle from בָּדַד (badad, “be separate”; see BDB 94 s.v. בָּדַד). מוֹעָד (mo’ad) may mean “assembly” or, by extension, “multitude” (see HALOT 558 s.v. *מוֹעָד), but the referent of the third masculine pronominal suffix attached to the noun is unclear. It probably refers to the “nation” mentioned in the next line.