Yesaya 3:25

3:25 Your ¹  men will fall by the sword,

your strong men will die in battle. ² 

Yesaya 40:23

40:23 He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing;

he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

Yesaya 43:16

43:16 This is what the Lord says,

the one who made a road through the sea,

a pathway through the surging waters,

Yesaya 57:2

57:2 Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace;

they rest on their beds. ³ 

[3:25]  ¹ tn The pronoun is feminine singular, suggesting personified Zion, as representative of its women, is the addressee. The reference to “her gates’ in v. 26 makes this identification almost certain.

[3:25]  ² tn Heb “your strength in battle.” The verb in the first clause provides the verbal idea for the second clause.

[57:2]  ³ tn Heb “he enters peace, they rest on their beds, the one who walks straight ahead of himself.” The tomb is here viewed in a fairly positive way as a place where the dead are at peace and sleep undisturbed.