Discovery BoxIsaiah 16:9 
Context16:9 So I weep along with Jazer 1
over the vines of Sibmah.
I will saturate you 2 with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh,
for the conquering invaders shout triumphantly
over your fruit and crops. 3
Isaiah 25:8
Context25:8 he will swallow up death permanently. 4
The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face,
and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth.
Indeed, the Lord has announced it! 5
Isaiah 38:5
Context38:5 “Go and tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor 6 David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life,
1 tn Heb “So I weep with the weeping of Jazer.” Once more the speaker (the Lord? – see v. 10b) plays the role of a mourner (see 15:5).
2 tc The form אֲרַיָּוֶךְ (’arayyavekh) should be emended to אֲרַוָּיֶךְ (’aravvayekh; the vav [ו] and yod [י] have been accidentally transposed) from רָוָה (ravah, “be saturated”).
3 tn Heb “for over your fruit and over your harvest shouting has fallen.” The translation assumes that the shouting is that of the conqueror (Jer 51:14). Another possibility is that the shouting is that of the harvesters (see v. 10b, as well as Jer 25:30), in which case one might translate, “for the joyful shouting over the fruit and crops has fallen silent.”
4 sn The image of the Lord “swallowing” death would be especially powerful, for death was viewed in Canaanite mythology and culture as a hungry enemy that swallows its victims. See the note at 5:14.
5 tn Heb “has spoken” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
6 tn Heb “father” (so KJV, NAB, NIV).
