Yesaya 7:22
Konteks7:22 From the abundance of milk they produce, 1 he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.
Yesaya 9:20
Konteks9:20 They devoured 2 on the right, but were still hungry,
they ate on the left, but were not satisfied.
People even ate 3 the flesh of their own arm! 4
Yesaya 11:16
Konteks11:16 There will be a highway leading out of Assyria
for the remnant of his people, 5
just as there was for Israel,
when 6 they went up from the land of Egypt.
[7:22] 1 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated, see note on 2:2.
[9:20] 2 tn Or “cut.” The verb גָּזַר (gazar) means “to cut.” If it is understood here, then one might paraphrase, “They slice off meat on the right.” However, HALOT 187 s.v. I גזר, proposes here a rare homonym meaning “to devour.”
[9:20] 3 tn The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite without vav consecutive or an imperfect used in a customary sense, describing continual or repeated behavior in past time.
[9:20] 4 tn Some suggest that זְרֹעוֹ (zÿro’o, “his arm”) be repointed זַרְעוֹ (zar’o, “his offspring”). In either case, the metaphor is that of a desperately hungry man who resorts to an almost unthinkable act to satisfy his appetite. He eats everything he can find to his right, but still being unsatisfied, then turns to his left and eats everything he can find there. Still being desperate for food, he then resorts to eating his own flesh (or offspring, as this phrase is metaphorically understood by some English versions, e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT). The reality behind the metaphor is the political turmoil of the period, as the next verse explains. There was civil strife within the northern kingdom; even the descendants of Joseph were at each other’s throats. Then the northern kingdom turned on their southern brother, Judah.
[11:16] 5 tn Heb “and there will be a highway for the remnant of his people who remain, from Assyria.”
