21:10 O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, 1
what I have heard
from the Lord who commands armies,
the God of Israel,
I have reported to you.
41:15 “Look, I am making you like 2 a sharp threshing sledge,
new and double-edged. 3
You will thresh the mountains and crush them;
you will make the hills like straw. 4
1 tn Heb “My trampled one, and the son of the threshing floor.”
2 tn Heb “into” (so NIV); ASV “have made thee to be.”
3 tn Heb “owner of two-mouths,” i.e., double-edged.
4 sn The mountains and hills symbolize hostile nations that are obstacles to Israel’s restoration.