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Isaiah 13:11-13
New English Translation
Isaiah 13:11-13
New English Translation
11 [a] I will punish the world for its evil,[b]
and wicked people for their sin.
I will put an end to the pride of the insolent,
I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.[c]
12 I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold,
and people more scarce[d] than gold from Ophir.
13 So I will shake the heavens,[e]
and the earth will shake loose from its foundation,[f]
because of the fury of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
in the day he vents his raging anger.[g]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:11 sn The Lord is definitely speaking (again?) at this point. See the note at v. 4.
- Isaiah 13:11 tn Or “I will bring disaster on the world.” Hebrew רָעָה (raʿah) could refer to the judgment (i.e., disaster, calamity) or to the evil that prompts it. The structure of the parallel line favors the latter interpretation.
- Isaiah 13:11 tn Or perhaps, “the violent”; cf. NASB, NIV “the ruthless.”
- Isaiah 13:12 tn The verb is supplied in the translation from the first line. The verb in the first line (“I will make scarce”) does double duty in the parallel structure of the verse.
- Isaiah 13:13 tn Or “the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
- Isaiah 13:13 tn Heb “from its place” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV).
- Isaiah 13:13 tn Heb “and in the day of the raging of his anger.”
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