Yesaya 14:31

14:31 Wail, O city gate!

Cry out, O city!

Melt with fear, ¹  all you Philistines!

For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke,

and there are no stragglers in its ranks. ² 

Yesaya 15:2

15:2 They went up to the temple, ³ 

the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. ⁴ 

Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, ⁵  Moab wails.

Every head is shaved bare,

every beard is trimmed off. ⁶ 

[14:31]  ¹ 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]  ² 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.

[15:2]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[15:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “even Dibon [to] the high places to weep.” The verb “went up” does double duty in the parallel structure.

[15:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “over [or “for”] Nebo and over [or “for”] Medeba.”

[15:2]  ⁶ sn Shaving the head and beard were outward signs of mourning and grief.