Yesaya 23:13

23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,

these people who have lost their identity! ¹ 

The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.

They erected their siege towers, ² 

demolished ³  its fortresses,

and turned it into a heap of ruins. ⁴ 

Yesaya 61:10

61:10 I ⁵  will greatly rejoice ⁶  in the Lord;

I will be overjoyed because of my God. ⁷ 

For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;

he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. ⁸ 

I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;

I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry. ⁹ 

[23:13]  ¹ tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”

[23:13]  ² tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.

[23:13]  ³ tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.

[23:13]  ⁴ sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.

[61:10]  ⁵ sn The speaker in vv. 10-11 is not identified, but it is likely that the personified nation (or perhaps Zion) responds here to the Lord’s promise of restoration.

[61:10]  ⁶ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[61:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “my being is happy in my God”; NAB “in my God is the joy of my soul.”

[61:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “robe of vindication”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “robe of righteousness.”

[61:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “like a bridegroom [who] acts like a priest [by wearing] a turban, and like a bride [who] wears her jewelry.” The words “I look” are supplied for stylistic reasons and clarification.