17:12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! 1 We perish, we all perish!
25:12 The fortified city (along with the very tops of your 2 walls) 3 he will knock down,
he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground. 4
1 tn The use of הֵן (hen) and the perfect tense in the nuance of a prophetic perfect expresses their conviction that they were bound to die – it was certain (see GKC 312-13 §106.n).
2 sn Moab is addressed.
3 tn Heb “a fortification, the high point of your walls.”
4 tn Heb “he will bring [it] down, he will make [it] touch the ground, even to the dust.”