3:1 Look, the sovereign Lord who commands armies 1
is about to remove from Jerusalem 2 and Judah
every source of security, including 3
all the food and water, 4
13:19 Babylon, the most admired 5 of kingdoms,
the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, 6
will be destroyed by God
just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. 7
33:6 He is your constant source of stability; 8
he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; 9
he gives all this to those who fear him. 10
36:4 The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence? 11
60:15 You were once abandoned
and despised, with no one passing through,
but I will make you 12 a permanent source of pride
and joy to coming generations.
60:20 Your sun will no longer set;
your moon will not disappear; 13
the Lord will be your permanent source of light;
your time 14 of sorrow will be over.
1 tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at 1:9.
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Heb “support and support.” The masculine and feminine forms of the noun are placed side-by-side to emphasize completeness. See GKC 394 §122.v.
4 tn Heb “all the support of food, and all the support of water.”
5 tn Or “most beautiful” (NCV, TEV).
6 tn Heb “the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans.”
sn The Chaldeans were a group of tribes who lived in southern Mesopotamia. The established the so-called neo-Babylonian empire in the late seventh century
7 tn Heb “and Babylon…will be like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah.” On מַהְפֵּכַת (mahpekhat, “overthrow”) see the note on the word “destruction” in 1:7.
8 tn Heb “and he is the stability of your times.”
9 tn Heb “a rich store of deliverance, wisdom, and knowledge.”
10 tn Heb “the fear of the Lord, it is his treasure.”
11 tn Heb “What is this object of trust in which you are trusting?”
12 tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”
13 sn In this verse “sun” and “moon” refer to the Lord’s light, which will replace the sun and moon (see v. 19). Light here symbolizes the restoration of divine blessing and prosperity in conjunction with the Lord’s presence. See 30:26.
14 tn Heb “days” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).