Discovery BoxIsaiah 7:6 
Context7:6 They say, “Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. 1 Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.” 2
Isaiah 13:17
Context13:17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; 3
they are not concerned about silver,
nor are they interested in gold. 4
Isaiah 21:2
Context21:2 I have received a distressing message: 5
“The deceiver deceives,
the destroyer destroys.
Attack, you Elamites!
Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all the groaning!” 6
1 tn Heb “and let us break it open for ourselves”; NASB “make for ourselves a breach in its walls”; NLT “fight our way into.”
2 tn Heb “and we will make the son of Tabeel king in its midst.”
sn The precise identity of this would-be puppet king is unknown. He may have been a Syrian official or the ruler of one of the small neighboring states. See Y. Aharoni, Land of the Bible, 370.
3 tn Heb “against them”; NLT “against Babylon.”
4 sn They cannot be bought off, for they have a lust for bloodshed.
5 tn Heb “a severe revelation has been related to me.”
6 sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others.
