Isaiah 9:18

9:18 For ¹  evil burned like a fire, ² 

it consumed thorns and briers;

it burned up the thickets of the forest,

and they went up in smoke. ³ 

Isaiah 27:13

27:13 At that time ⁴  a large ⁵  trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost ⁶  in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in ⁷  the land of Egypt. They will worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. ⁸ 

Isaiah 33:9

33:9 The land ⁹  dries up ¹⁰  and withers away;

the forest of Lebanon shrivels up ¹¹  and decays.

Sharon ¹²  is like the desert; ¹³ 

Bashan and Carmel ¹⁴  are parched. ¹⁵ 

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¹ tn Or “Indeed” (cf. NIV “Surely”). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

² sn Evil was uncontrollable and destructive, and so can be compared to a forest fire.

³ tn Heb “and they swirled [with] the rising of the smoke” (cf. NRSV).

⁴ tn Heb “and it will be in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

⁵ tn Traditionally, “great” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT); CEV “loud.”

⁶ tn Or “the ones perishing.”

⁷ tn Or “the ones driven into.”

⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁹ tn Or “earth” (KJV); NAB “the country.”

¹⁰ tn Or “mourns” (BDB 5 s.v. I אָבַל). HALOT 6-7 lists homonyms I אבל (“mourn”) and II אבל (“dry up”). They propose the second here on the basis of parallelism. See 24:4.

¹¹ tn Heb “Lebanon is ashamed.” The Hiphil is exhibitive, expressing the idea, “exhibits shame.” In this context the statement alludes to the withering of vegetation.

¹² sn Sharon was a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast. See 35:2.

¹³ tn Or “the Arabah” (NIV). See 35:1.

¹⁴ sn Both of these areas were known for their trees and vegetation. See 2:13; 35:2.

¹⁵ tn Heb “shake off [their leaves]” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB “are stripped bare.”