10:7 But he does not agree with this,
his mind does not reason this way, 1
for his goal is to destroy,
and to eliminate many nations. 2
13:5 They come from a distant land,
from the horizon. 3
It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, 4
coming to destroy the whole earth. 5
23:11 The Lord stretched out his hand over the sea, 6
he shook kingdoms;
he 7 gave the order
to destroy Canaan’s fortresses. 8
1 tn Heb “but he, not so does he intend, and his heart, not so does it think.”
2 tn Heb “for to destroy [is] in his heart, and to cut off nations, not a few.”
3 tn Heb “from the end of the sky.”
4 tn Or “anger”; cf. KJV, ASV “the weapons of his indignation.”
5 tn Or perhaps, “land” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NLT). Even though the heading and subsequent context (see v. 17) indicate Babylon’s judgment is in view, the chapter has a cosmic flavor that suggests that the coming judgment is universal in scope. Perhaps Babylon’s downfall occurs in conjunction with a wider judgment, or the cosmic style is poetic hyperbole used to emphasize the magnitude and importance of the coming event.
6 tn Heb “his hand he stretched out over the sea.”
7 tn Heb “the Lord.” For stylistic reasons the pronoun (“he”) has been used in the translation here.
8 tn Heb “concerning Canaan, to destroy her fortresses.” NIV, NLT translate “Canaan” as “Phoenicia” here.