Discovery BoxIsaiah 2:7 
Context2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;
there is no end to their wealth. 1
Their land is full of horses;
there is no end to their chariots. 2
Isaiah 8:22
Context8:22 When one looks out over the land, he sees 3 distress and darkness, gloom 4 and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land. 5
1 tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”
2 sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.
3 tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).
4 tn The precise meaning of מְעוּף (mÿ’uf) is uncertain; the word occurs only here. See BDB 734 s.v. מָעוּף.
5 tn Heb “ and darkness, pushed.” The word מְנֻדָּח (mÿnudakh) appears to be a Pual participle from נדח (“push”), but the Piel is unattested for this verb and the Pual occurs only here.
