Isaiah 30:17

30:17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; ¹ 

at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, ² 

until the remaining few are as isolated ³ 

as a flagpole on a mountaintop

or a signal flag on a hill.”

Isaiah 65:7

65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” ⁴  says the Lord.

“Because they burned incense on the mountains

and offended ⁵  me on the hills,

I will punish them in full measure.” ⁶ 

[30:17]  ¹ tn Heb “One thousand from before [or “because of”] one battle cry.” גְּעָרָה (gÿ’arah) is often defined as “threat,” but in war contexts it likely refers to a shout or battle cry. See Ps 76:6.

[30:17]  ² tn Heb “from before [or “because of”] the battle cry of five you will flee.

[30:17]  ³ tn Heb “until you are left” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[65:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”

[65:7]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”

[65:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.