Discovery BoxIsaiah 25:12 
Context25:12 The fortified city (along with the very tops of your 1 walls) 2 he will knock down,
he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground. 3
Isaiah 28:2
Context28:2 Look, the sovereign master 4 sends a strong, powerful one. 5
With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, 6
with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, 7
1 sn Moab is addressed.
2 tn Heb “a fortification, the high point of your walls.”
3 tn Heb “he will bring [it] down, he will make [it] touch the ground, even to the dust.”
4 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 16, 22 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
5 tn Heb “Look, a strong and powerful [one] belongs to the Lord.”
6 tn Heb “like a rainstorm of hail, a wind of destruction.”
7 tn Heb “like a rainstorm of mighty, overflowing waters.”
8 tn The words “that crown” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The object of the verb is unexpressed in the Hebrew text.
9 tn Or “by [his] power.”
