26:11 O Lord, you are ready to act, 1
but they don’t even notice.
They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, 2
yes, fire will consume your enemies. 3
31:8 Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; 4
a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. 5
They will run away from this sword 6
and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.
1 tn Heb “O Lord, your hand is lifted up.”
2 tn Heb “They will see and be ashamed of zeal of people.” Some take the prefixed verbs as jussives and translate the statement as a prayer, “Let them see and be put to shame.” The meaning of the phrase קִנְאַת־עָם (qin’at-’am, “zeal of people”) is unclear. The translation assumes that this refers to God’s angry judgment upon people. Another option is to understand the phrase as referring to God’s zealous, protective love of his covenant people. In this case one might translate, “by your zealous devotion to your people.”
3 tn Heb “yes, fire, your enemies, will consume them.” Many understand the prefixed verb form to be jussive and translate, “let [fire] consume” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV). The mem suffixed to the verb may be enclitic; if a pronominal suffix, it refers back to “your enemies.”
4 tn Heb “Assyria will fall by a sword, not of a man.”
5 tn Heb “and a sword not of humankind will devour him.”
6 tn Heb “he will flee for himself from before a sword.”