Discovery BoxIsaiah 10:32 
Context10:32 This very day, standing in Nob,
they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain 1 –
at the hill of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 19:16
Context19:16 At that time 2 the Egyptians 3 will be like women. 4 They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against them. 5
1 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has “a mountain of a house (בֵּית, bet), Zion,” but the marginal reading (Qere) correctly reads “the mountain of the daughter (בַּת, bat) of Zion.” On the phrase “Daughter Zion,” see the note on the same phrase in 1:8.
2 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV), likewise at the beginning of vv. 18 and 19.
3 tn Heb “Egypt,” which stands by metonymy for the country’s inhabitants.
4 sn As the rest of the verse indicates, the point of the simile is that the Egyptians will be relatively weak physically and will wilt in fear before the Lord’s onslaught.
5 tn Heb “and he will tremble and be afraid because of the brandishing of the hand of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], which he brandishes against him.” Since according to the imagery here the Lord’s “hand” is raised as a weapon against the Egyptians, the term “fist” has been used in the translation.
