Yesaya 20:1

20:1 The Lord revealed the following message during the year in which King Sargon of Assyria sent his commanding general to Ashdod, and he fought against it and captured it. ¹ 

Yesaya 43:14

The Lord Will Do Something New

43:14 This is what the Lord says,

your protector, ²  the Holy One of Israel: ³ 

“For your sake I send to Babylon

and make them all fugitives, ⁴ 

turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. ⁵ 

[20:1]  ¹ tn Heb “In the year the commanding general came to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and captured it.”

[20:1]  sn This probably refers to the Assyrian campaign against Philistia in 712 or 711 b.c.

[43:14]  ² tn Or “kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[43:14]  ³ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I bring down [as] fugitives all of them.”

[43:14]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “as for the Babylonians, in ships their joyful shout.” This might be paraphrased, “even the Babylonians in the ships [over which] they joyfully shouted.” The point would be that the Lord caused the Babylonians to flee for safety in the ships in which they took such great pride. A slight change in vocalization yields the reading “into mourning songs,” which provides a good contrast with “joyful shout.” The prefixed bet (בְּ) would indicate identity.