Discovery BoxIsaiah 7:19 
Context7:19 All of them will come and make their home 1 in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes. 2
Isaiah 23:13
Context23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,
these people who have lost their identity! 3
The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.
They erected their siege towers, 4
demolished 5 its fortresses,
and turned it into a heap of ruins. 6
1 tn Heb “and shall rest” (so KJV, ASV); NASB, NIV, NRSV “and settle.”
2 tn The meaning of this word (נַהֲלֹל, nahalol) is uncertain; some understand this as referring to another type of thorn bush. For bibliography, see HALOT 676 s.v. I *נַהֲלֹל.
3 tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”
4 tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.
5 tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.
6 sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.
