Isaiah 5:29

5:29 Their roar is like a lion’s;

they roar like young lions.

They growl and seize their prey;

they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

Isaiah 20:4

20:4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated. ¹ 

Isaiah 31:8

31:8 Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; ² 

a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. ³ 

They will run away from this sword ⁴ 

and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

Isaiah 54:6

54:6 “Indeed, the Lord will call you back

like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, ⁵ 

like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God.

Isaiah 60:6

60:6 Camel caravans will cover your roads, ⁶ 

young camels from Midian and Ephah.

All the merchants of Sheba ⁷  will come,

bringing gold and incense

and singing praises to the Lord. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “lightly dressed and barefoot, and bare with respect to the buttocks, the nakedness of Egypt.”

² tn Heb “Assyria will fall by a sword, not of a man.”

³ tn Heb “and a sword not of humankind will devour him.”

⁴ tn Heb “he will flee for himself from before a sword.”

⁵ tn Heb “like a woman abandoned and grieved in spirit.”

⁶ tn Heb “an abundance of camels will cover you.”

⁷ tn Heb “all of them, from Sheba.”

⁸ tn Heb “and they will announce the praises of the Lord.”