Discovery BoxIsaiah 14:22 
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.
Isaiah 21:9
Context21:9 Look what’s coming!
A charioteer,
a team of horses.” 3
When questioned, he replies, 4
“Babylon has fallen, fallen!
All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
Isaiah 39:1
Context39:1 At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered.
Isaiah 39:3
Context39:3 Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They come from the distant land of Babylon.”
Isaiah 39:6
Context39:6 ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors 5 have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.
Isaiah 43:14
Context43:14 This is what the Lord says,
your protector, 6 the Holy One of Israel: 7
“For your sake I send to Babylon
and make them all fugitives, 8
turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. 9
Isaiah 47:1
Context47:1 “Fall down! Sit in the dirt,
O virgin 10 daughter Babylon!
Sit on the ground, not on a throne,
O daughter of the Babylonians!
Indeed, 11 you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
Isaiah 48:14
Context48:14 All of you, gather together and listen!
Who among them 12 announced these things?
The Lord’s ally 13 will carry out his desire against Babylon;
he will exert his power against the Babylonians. 14
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 Or “[with] teams of horses,” or perhaps, “with a pair of horsemen.”
4 tn Heb “and he answered and said” (so KJV, ASV).
5 tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).
6 tn Or “kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
7 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
8 tn Heb “and I bring down [as] fugitives all of them.”
9 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “as for the Babylonians, in ships their joyful shout.” This might be paraphrased, “even the Babylonians in the ships [over which] they joyfully shouted.” The point would be that the Lord caused the Babylonians to flee for safety in the ships in which they took such great pride. A slight change in vocalization yields the reading “into mourning songs,” which provides a good contrast with “joyful shout.” The prefixed bet (בְּ) would indicate identity.
10 tn בְּתוּלַה (bÿtulah) often refers to a virgin, but the phrase “virgin daughter” is apparently stylized (see also 23:12; 37:22). In the extended metaphor of this chapter, where Babylon is personified as a queen (vv. 5, 7), she is depicted as being both a wife and mother (vv. 8-9).
11 tn Or “For” (NASB, NRSV).
12 sn This probably refers to the idol gods (see v. 5).
13 tn Or “friend,” or “covenant partner.”
sn The
14 tn Heb “and his arm [against] the Babylonians.”
