18:9 He made the sky sink 1 as he descended;
a thick cloud was under his feet.
74:5 They invade like lumberjacks
swinging their axes in a thick forest. 2
1 tn The Hebrew verb נָטָה (natah) can carry the sense “[cause to] bend, bow down.” For example, Gen 49:15 pictures Issachar as a donkey that “bends” its shoulder or back under a burden. Here the
2 tn Heb “it is known like one bringing upwards, in a thicket of wood, axes.” The Babylonian invaders destroyed the woodwork in the temple.