22:2 The noisy city is full of raucous sounds;
the town is filled with revelry. 1
Your slain were not cut down by the sword;
they did not die in battle. 2
25:2 Indeed, 3 you have made the city 4 into a heap of rubble,
the fortified town into a heap of ruins;
the fortress of foreigners 5 is no longer a city,
it will never be rebuilt.
26:5 Indeed, 6 the Lord knocks down those who live in a high place,
he brings down an elevated town;
he brings it down to the ground, 7
he throws it down to the dust.
1 tn Heb “the boisterous town.” The phrase is parallel to “the noisy city” in the preceding line.
2 sn Apparently they died from starvation during the siege that preceded the final conquest of the city. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:409.
3 tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).
4 tn The Hebrew text has “you have made from the city.” The prefixed mem (מ) on עִיר (’ir, “city”) was probably originally an enclitic mem suffixed to the preceding verb. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:456, n. 3.
5 tc Some with support from the LXX emend זָרִים (zarim, “foreigners”) to זֵדִים (zedim, “the insolent”).
6 tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).
7 tn The translation assumes that יַשְׁפִּילֶנָּה (yashpilennah) goes with the preceding words “an elevated town,” and that יַשְׁפִּילָהּ (yashpilah) belongs with the following words, “to the ground.” See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:469, n. 7.