Yesaya 14:15

14:15 But you were brought down ¹  to Sheol,

to the remote slopes of the pit. ² 

Yesaya 21:9

21:9 Look what’s coming!

A charioteer,

a team of horses.” ³ 

When questioned, he replies, ⁴ 

“Babylon has fallen, fallen!

All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

Yesaya 14:8

14:8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, ⁵ 

as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ⁶ 

‘Since you fell asleep, ⁷ 

no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’ ⁸ 

[14:15]  ¹ tn The prefixed verb form is taken as a preterite. Note the use of perfects in v. 12 to describe the king’s downfall.

[14:15]  ² tn The Hebrew term בּוּר (bor, “cistern”) is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to the place of the dead or the entrance to the underworld.

[21:9]  ³ tn Or “[with] teams of horses,” or perhaps, “with a pair of horsemen.”

[21:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he answered and said” (so KJV, ASV).

[14:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “concerning you.”

[14:8]  ⁶ tn The word “singing” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Note that the personified trees speak in the second half of the verse.

[14:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “lay down” (in death); cf. NAB “laid to rest.”

[14:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “the [wood]cutter does not come up against us.”