14:27 Indeed, 1 the Lord who commands armies has a plan,
and who can possibly frustrate it?
His hand is ready to strike,
and who can possibly stop it? 2
21:15 For they flee from the swords –
from the drawn sword
and from the battle-ready bow
and from the severity of the battle.
24:1 Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth
and leave it in ruins;
he will mar its surface
and scatter its inhabitants.
26:17 As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver
and strains and cries out because of her labor pains,
so were we because of you, O Lord.
65:17 For look, I am ready to create
new heavens and a new earth! 3
The former ones 4 will not be remembered;
no one will think about them anymore. 5
1 tn Or “For” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn Heb “His hand is outstretched and who will turn it back?”
3 sn This hyperbolic statement likens the coming transformation of Jerusalem (see vv. 18-19) to a new creation of the cosmos.
4 tn Or perhaps, “the former things” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “The events of the past.”
5 tn Heb “and they will not come up on the mind.”