[22:6] 1 tn Heb “[with] the chariots of men, horsemen.”
[22:6] 2 sn A distant region in the direction of Mesopotamia; see Amos 1:5; 9:7.
[22:6] 3 tn Heb “Kir uncovers” (so NAB, NIV).
[22:6] 4 sn The Elamites and men of Kir may here symbolize a fierce army from a distant land. If this oracle anticipates a Babylonian conquest of the city (see 39:5-7), then the Elamites and men of Kir are perhaps viewed here as mercenaries in the Babylonian army. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:410.
[33:7] 5 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown. Proposals include “heroes” (cf. KJV, ASV “valiant ones”; NASB, NIV “brave men”); “priests,” “residents [of Jerusalem].” The present translation assumes that the term is synonymous with “messengers of peace,” with which it corresponds in the parallel structure of the verse.
[33:7] 6 tn Heb “messengers of peace,” apparently those responsible for negotiating the agreements that have been broken (see v. 8).