Isaiah 23:13
ContextNETBible | Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! 1 The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, 2 demolished 3 its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins. 4 |
XREF | Ge 2:14; Ge 10:10,11; Ge 11:9; Ge 11:28,31; 2Ki 17:24; 2Ki 20:12; 2Ch 33:11; Ezr 4:9,10; Job 1:17; Ps 72:9; Isa 13:19; Eze 26:7-21; Eze 29:18; Da 4:30; Hab 1:6; Ac 7:4 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “this people [that] is not.” 2 tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן. 3 tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר. 4 sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon. |