Discovery BoxIsaiah 14:22-23 
Context14:22 “I will rise up against them,”
says the Lord who commands armies.
“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, 1
including the offspring she produces,” 2
says the Lord.
14:23 “I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals 3
and covered with pools of stagnant water.
I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” 4
says the Lord who commands armies.
Isaiah 17:3
Context17:3 Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim,
and Damascus will lose its kingdom. 5
The survivors in Syria
will end up like the splendor of the Israelites,”
says the Lord who commands armies.
Isaiah 22:25
Context22:25 “At that time,” 6 says the Lord who commands armies, “the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.” 7 Indeed, 8 the Lord has spoken.
1 tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar).
2 tn Heb “descendant and child.”
3 tn Heb “I will make her into a possession of wild animals.” It is uncertain what type of animal קִפֹּד (qippod) refers to. Some suggest a rodent (cf. NASB, NRSV “hedgehog”), others an owl (cf, NAB, NIV, TEV).
4 tn Heb “I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”
5 tn Heb “and kingship from Damascus”; cf. NASB “And sovereignty from Damascus.”
6 tn Or “In that day” (KJV).
7 sn Eliakim’s authority, though seemingly secure, will eventually be removed, and with it his family’s prominence.
8 tn Or “for” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).
