22:6 The Elamites picked up the quiver,
and came with chariots and horsemen; 1
the men of Kir 2 prepared 3 the shield. 4
37:34 He will go back the way he came –
he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.
48:3 “I announced events beforehand, 5
I issued the decrees and made the predictions; 6
suddenly I acted and they came to pass.
64:3 When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, 7
you came down, and the mountains trembled 8 before you.
1 tn Heb “[with] the chariots of men, horsemen.”
2 sn A distant region in the direction of Mesopotamia; see Amos 1:5; 9:7.
3 tn Heb “Kir uncovers” (so NAB, NIV).
4 sn The Elamites and men of Kir may here symbolize a fierce army from a distant land. If this oracle anticipates a Babylonian conquest of the city (see 39:5-7), then the Elamites and men of Kir are perhaps viewed here as mercenaries in the Babylonian army. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:410.
5 tn Heb “the former things beforehand I declared.”
6 tn Heb “and from my mouth they came forth and I caused them to be heard.”
7 tn Heb “[for which] we were not waiting.”
8 tn See the note at v. 1.