Isaiah 51:19

51:19 These double disasters confronted you.

But who feels sorry for you?

Destruction and devastation,

famine and sword.

But who consoles you? ¹ 

Isaiah 24:20

24:20 The earth will stagger around ²  like a drunk;

it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. ³ 

Its sin will weigh it down,

and it will fall and never get up again.

[51:19]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text has אֲנַחֲמֵךְ (’anakhamekh), a first person form, but the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads correctly יִנַחֲמֵךְ (yinakhamekh), a third person form.

[24:20]  ² tn Heb “staggering, staggers.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before the finite verb for emphasis and sound play.

[24:20]  ³ tn The words “in a windstorm” are supplied in the translation to clarify the metaphor.