46:8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
like its streams turbulent at flood stage.
Egypt says, ‘I will arise and cover the earth.
I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’
51:55 For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon,
and put an end to her loud noise.
Their waves 1 will roar like turbulent 2 waters.
They will make a deafening noise. 3
1 tn The antecedent of the third masculine plural pronominal suffix is not entirely clear. It probably refers back to the “destroyers” mentioned in v. 53 as the agents of God’s judgment on Babylon.
2 tn Or “mighty waters.”
3 tn Heb “and the noise of their sound will be given,”