Yesaya 41:11

41:11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated;

your adversaries ¹  will be reduced to nothing ²  and perish.

Yesaya 41:15

41:15 “Look, I am making you like ³  a sharp threshing sledge,

new and double-edged. ⁴ 

You will thresh the mountains and crush them;

you will make the hills like straw. ⁵ 

[41:11]  ¹ tn Heb “the men of your strife”; NASB “those who contend with you.”

[41:11]  ² tn Heb “like nothing”; NAB “come to nought.”

[41:15]  ³ tn Heb “into” (so NIV); ASV “have made thee to be.”

[41:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “owner of two-mouths,” i.e., double-edged.

[41:15]  ⁵ sn The mountains and hills symbolize hostile nations that are obstacles to Israel’s restoration.