Discovery BoxIsaiah 9:18 
Context9:18 For 1 evil burned like a fire, 2
it consumed thorns and briers;
it burned up the thickets of the forest,
and they went up in smoke. 3
Isaiah 27:13
Context27:13 At that time 4 a large 5 trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost 6 in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in 7 the land of Egypt. They will worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. 8
Isaiah 33:9
Context33:9 The land 9 dries up 10 and withers away;
the forest of Lebanon shrivels up 11 and decays.
1 tn Or “Indeed” (cf. NIV “Surely”). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
2 sn Evil was uncontrollable and destructive, and so can be compared to a forest fire.
3 tn Heb “and they swirled [with] the rising of the smoke” (cf. NRSV).
4 tn Heb “and it will be in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
5 tn Traditionally, “great” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT); CEV “loud.”
6 tn Or “the ones perishing.”
7 tn Or “the ones driven into.”
8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 tn Or “earth” (KJV); NAB “the country.”
10 tn Or “mourns” (BDB 5 s.v. I אָבַל). HALOT 6-7 lists homonyms I אבל (“mourn”) and II אבל (“dry up”). They propose the second here on the basis of parallelism. See 24:4.
11 tn Heb “Lebanon is ashamed.” The Hiphil is exhibitive, expressing the idea, “exhibits shame.” In this context the statement alludes to the withering of vegetation.
12 sn Sharon was a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast. See 35:2.
13 tn Or “the Arabah” (NIV). See 35:1.
14 sn Both of these areas were known for their trees and vegetation. See 2:13; 35:2.
15 tn Heb “shake off [their leaves]” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB “are stripped bare.”
