Yesaya 22:17

22:17 Look, the Lord will throw you far away, ¹  you mere man! ² 

He will wrap you up tightly. ³ 

Yesaya 40:15

40:15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are regarded as dust on the scales.

He lifts ⁴  the coastlands ⁵  as if they were dust.

Yesaya 50:9

50:9 Look, the sovereign Lord helps me.

Who dares to condemn me?

Look, all of them will wear out like clothes;

a moth will eat away at them.

[22:17]  ¹ tn Heb “will throw you with a throwing.”

[22:17]  ² tn Heb “O man” (so NASB); NAB “mortal man”; NRSV “my fellow.”

[22:17]  ³ tn Heb “and the one who wraps you [will] wrap.”

[40:15]  ⁴ tn Or “weighs” (NIV); NLT “picks up.”

[40:15]  ⁵ tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV, NLT).