Discovery BoxIsaiah 30:17 
Context30:17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; 1
at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, 2
until the remaining few are as isolated 3
as a flagpole on a mountaintop
or a signal flag on a hill.”
Isaiah 65:20
Context65:20 Never again will one of her infants live just a few days 4
or an old man die before his time. 5
Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, 6
anyone who fails to reach 7 the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
1 tn Heb “One thousand from before [or “because of”] one battle cry.” גְּעָרָה (gÿ’arah) is often defined as “threat,” but in war contexts it likely refers to a shout or battle cry. See Ps 76:6.
2 tn Heb “from before [or “because of”] the battle cry of five you will flee.
3 tn Heb “until you are left” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “and there will not be from there again a nursing infant of days,” i.e., one that lives just a few days.
5 tn Heb “or an old [man] who does not fill out his days.”
6 tn Heb “for the child as a son of one hundred years will die.” The point seems to be that those who die at the age of a hundred will be considered children, for the average life span will be much longer than that. The category “child” will be redefined in light of the expanded life spans that will characterize this new era.
7 tn Heb “the one who misses.” חָטָא (khata’) is used here in its basic sense of “miss the mark.” See HALOT 305 s.v. חטא. Another option is to translate, “and the sinner who reaches the age of a hundred will be cursed.”
