Yesaya 2:19

2:19 They ¹  will go into caves in the rocky cliffs

and into holes in the ground, ² 

trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord ³ 

and his royal splendor,

when he rises up to terrify the earth. ⁴ 

Yesaya 23:15

23:15 At that time ⁵  Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, ⁶  the typical life span of a king. ⁷  At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song: ⁸ 

Yesaya 42:25

42:25 So he poured out his fierce anger on them,

along with the devastation ⁹  of war.

Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; ¹⁰ 

it burned against them, but they did notice. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 63:2

63:2 Why are your clothes red?

Why do you look like someone who has stomped on grapes in a vat? ¹² 

[2:19]  ¹ tn The identity of the grammatical subject is unclear. The “idols” could be the subject; they will “go” into the caves and holes when the idolaters throw them there in their haste to escape God’s judgment (see vv. 20-21). The picture of the idols, which represent the foreign deities worshiped by the people, fleeing from the Lord would be highly polemical and fit the overall mood of the chapter. However it seems more likely that the idolaters themselves are the subject, for v. 10 uses similar language in sarcastically urging them to run from judgment.

[2:19]  ² tn Heb “dust”; ASV “into the holes of the earth.”

[2:19]  ³ tn Heb “from the dread of the Lord,” that is, from the dread that he produces in the objects of his judgment.” The words “trying to escape” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Or “land.” It is not certain if these verses are describing the judgment of Judah (see vv. 6-9) or a more universal judgment on all proud men.

[23:15]  ⁵ tn Or “in that day” (KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[23:15]  ⁶ sn The number seventy is probably used in a stereotypical, nonliteral sense here to indicate a long period of time that satisfies completely the demands of God’s judgment.

[23:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “like the days of a king.”

[23:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “At the end of seventy years it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute.”

[42:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “strength” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “fury”; NASB “fierceness”; NIV “violence.”

[42:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and it blazed against him all around, but he did not know.” The subject of the third feminine singular verb “blazed” is the divine חֵמָה (khemah, “anger”) mentioned in the previous line.

[42:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and it burned against him, but he did not set [it] upon [the] heart.”

[63:2]  ¹² tn Heb “and your garments like one who treads in a vat?”