Yesaya 30:25

30:25 On every high mountain

and every high hill

there will be streams flowing with water,

at the time of ¹  great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse.

Yesaya 32:14

32:14 For the fortress is neglected;

the once-crowded ²  city is abandoned.

Hill ³  and watchtower

are permanently uninhabited. ⁴ 

Wild donkeys love to go there,

and flocks graze there. ⁵ 

Yesaya 33:18

33:18 Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, ⁶ 

and you will ask yourselves, ⁷  “Where is the scribe?

Where is the one who weighs the money?

Where is the one who counts the towers?” ⁸ 

[30:25]  ¹ tn Or “in the day of” (KJV).

[32:14]  ² tn Or “noisy” (NAB, NIV, NCV).

[32:14]  ³ tn Hebrew עֹפֶל (’ofel), probably refers here to a specific area within the city of Jerusalem. See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.

[32:14]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text has בְעַד מְעָרוֹת (vÿ’ad mÿ’arot). The force of בְעַד, which usually means “behind, through, round about,” or “for the benefit of,” is uncertain here. HALOT 616 s.v. *מְעָרָה takes מְעָרוֹת (mÿ’arot) as a homonym of “cave” and define it here as “cleared field.” Despite these lexical problems, the general point of the statement seems clear – the city will be uninhabited.

[32:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”

[33:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “your heart will meditate on terror.”

[33:18]  ⁷ tn The words “and you will ask yourselves” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

[33:18]  ⁸ sn The people refer to various Assyrian officials who were responsible for determining the amount of taxation or tribute Judah must pay to the Assyrian king.