Isaiah 14:21

14:21 Prepare to execute ¹  his sons

for the sins their ancestors have committed. ² 

They must not rise up and take possession of the earth,

or fill the surface of the world with cities.” ³ 

Isaiah 39:6

39:6 ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors ⁴  have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.

Isaiah 65:7

65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” ⁵  says the Lord.

“Because they burned incense on the mountains

and offended ⁶  me on the hills,

I will punish them in full measure.” ⁷ 

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¹ tn Or “the place of slaughter for.”

² tn Heb “for the sin of their fathers.”

³ sn J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:320, n. 10) suggests that the garrison cities of the mighty empire are in view here.

⁴ tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).

⁵ tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”

⁶ tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”

⁷ tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.