Discovery BoxIsaiah 3:25 
Context3:25 Your 1 men will fall by the sword,
your strong men will die in battle. 2
Isaiah 13:15
Context13:15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed;
everyone who is seized 3 will die 4 by the sword.
Isaiah 66:16
Context66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity 5
with fire and his sword;
the Lord will kill many. 6
1 tn The pronoun is feminine singular, suggesting personified Zion, as representative of its women, is the addressee. The reference to “her gates’ in v. 26 makes this identification almost certain.
2 tn Heb “your strength in battle.” The verb in the first clause provides the verbal idea for the second clause.
3 tn Heb “carried off,” i.e., grabbed from the fleeing crowd. See HALOT 764 s.v. ספה.
4 tn Heb “will fall” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NLT “will be run through with a sword.”
5 tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “upon all men”; TEV “all the people of the world.”
6 tn Heb “many are the slain of the Lord.”
