Isaiah 7:6

7:6 They say, “Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. 1  Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.” 2 

Isaiah 13:17

13:17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; 3 

they are not concerned about silver,

nor are they interested in gold. 4 

Isaiah 21:2

21:2 I have received a distressing message: 5 

“The deceiver deceives,

the destroyer destroys.

Attack, you Elamites!

Lay siege, you Medes!

I will put an end to all the groaning!” 6 

1 tn Heb “and let us break it open for ourselves”; NASB “make for ourselves a breach in its walls”; NLT “fight our way into.”

2 tn Heb “and we will make the son of Tabeel king in its midst.”

sn The precise identity of this would-be puppet king is unknown. He may have been a Syrian official or the ruler of one of the small neighboring states. See Y. Aharoni, Land of the Bible, 370.

3 tn Heb “against them”; NLT “against Babylon.”

4 sn They cannot be bought off, for they have a lust for bloodshed.

5 tn Heb “a severe revelation has been related to me.”

6 sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others.