Discovery BoxIsaiah 14:21 
Context14:21 Prepare to execute 1 his sons
for the sins their ancestors have committed. 2
They must not rise up and take possession of the earth,
or fill the surface of the world with cities.” 3
Isaiah 39:6
Context39:6 ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors 4 have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.
Isaiah 65:7
Context65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” 5 says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and offended 6 me on the hills,
I will punish them in full measure.” 7
1 tn Or “the place of slaughter for.”
2 tn Heb “for the sin of their fathers.”
3 sn J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:320, n. 10) suggests that the garrison cities of the mighty empire are in view here.
4 tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).
5 tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”
6 tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”
7 tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.
