Isaiah 2:7

2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;

there is no end to their wealth. 1 

Their land is full of horses;

there is no end to their chariots. 2 

Isaiah 8:22

8:22 When one looks out over the land, he sees 3  distress and darkness, gloom 4  and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land. 5 

1 tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”

2 sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.

3 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).

4 tn The precise meaning of מְעוּף (mÿ’uf) is uncertain; the word occurs only here. See BDB 734 s.v. מָעוּף.

5 tn Heb “ and darkness, pushed.” The word מְנֻדָּח (mÿnudakh) appears to be a Pual participle from נדח (“push”), but the Piel is unattested for this verb and the Pual occurs only here.