Isaiah 19:6

19:6 The canals will stink;

the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up;

the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

Isaiah 34:9

34:9 Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch

and her soil into brimstone;

her land will become burning pitch.

Isaiah 47:2

47:2 Pick up millstones and grind flour!

Remove your veil,

strip off your skirt,

expose your legs,

cross the streams!


tn Heb “rivers” (so KJV, ASV); NAB, CEV “streams”; TEV “channels.”

tn The verb form appears as a Hiphil in the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa; the form in MT may be a so-called “mixed form,” reflecting the Hebrew Hiphil stem and the functionally corresponding Aramaic Aphel stem. See HALOT 276 s.v. I זנח.

tn Heb “her”; the referent (Edom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.