9:5 Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth 1
and every garment dragged through blood
is used as fuel for the fire.
30:25 On every high mountain
and every high hill
there will be streams flowing with water,
at the time of 2 great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse.
40:4 Every valley must be elevated,
and every mountain and hill leveled.
The rough terrain will become a level plain,
the rugged landscape a wide valley.
45:23 I solemnly make this oath 3 –
what I say is true and reliable: 4
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm; 5
1 tn Heb “Indeed every boot marching with shaking.” On the meaning of סְאוֹן (sÿ’on, “boot”) and the related denominative verb, both of which occur only here, see HALOT 738 s.v. סְאוֹן.
2 tn Or “in the day of” (KJV).
3 tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”
4 tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
5 tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”