Yesaya 14:22

14:22 “I will rise up against them,”

says the Lord who commands armies.

“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, ¹ 

including the offspring she produces,” ² 

says the Lord.

Yesaya 14:30

14:30 The poor will graze in my pastures; ³ 

the needy will rest securely.

But I will kill your root by famine;

it will put to death all your survivors. ⁴ 

[14:22]  ¹ tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar).

[14:22]  ² tn Heb “descendant and child.”

[14:30]  ³ tc The Hebrew text has, “the firstborn of the poor will graze.” “Firstborn” may be used here in an idiomatic sense to indicate the very poorest of the poor. See BDB 114 s.v. בְּכוֹר. The translation above assumes an emendation of בְּכוֹרֵי (bÿkhorey, “firstborn of”) to בְּכָרַי (bekharay, “in my pastures”).

[14:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “your remnant” (so NAB, NRSV).