13:2 1 On a bare hill raise a signal flag,
shout to them,
wave your hand,
so they might enter the gates of the princes!
16:12 When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, 2
and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective! 3
41:28 I look, but there is no one,
among them there is no one who serves as an adviser,
that I might ask questions and receive answers.
54:16 Look, I create the craftsman,
who fans the coals into a fire
and forges a weapon. 4
I create the destroyer so he might devastate.
1 sn The Lord is speaking here (see v. 3).
2 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
3 tn Heb “when he appears, when he grows tired, Moab on the high places, and enters his temple to pray, he will not prevail.” It is possible that “when he grows tired” is an explanatory gloss for the preceding “when he appears.”
4 tn Heb “who brings out an implement for his work.”