Isaiah 43:14

This is what the Lord says, your protector, ¹  the Holy One of Israel: ²  “For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, ³  turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. ⁴ 

Ps 19:14; Isa 43:1; Isa 43:3,4; Isa 44:6; Isa 44:24-28; Isa 45:1-5; Isa 45:2; Isa 54:5-8; Jer 50:2-11,17,18,27-34; Jer 51:1-11,24,34-37; Eze 27:29-36; Re 5:9; Re 18:11-19; Re 18:20,21

¹ tn Or “kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

² sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

³ tn Heb “and I bring down [as] fugitives all of them.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “as for the Babylonians, in ships their joyful shout.” This might be paraphrased, “even the Babylonians in the ships [over which] they joyfully shouted.” The point would be that the Lord caused the Babylonians to flee for safety in the ships in which they took such great pride. A slight change in vocalization yields the reading “into mourning songs,” which provides a good contrast with “joyful shout.” The prefixed bet (בְּ) would indicate identity.