14:22 “I will rise up against them,”
says the Lord who commands armies.
“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, 1
including the offspring she produces,” 2
says the Lord.
57:19 I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. 3
Complete prosperity 4 is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,”
says the Lord, “and I will heal them.
1 tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar).
2 tn Heb “descendant and child.”
3 tc The Hebrew text has literally, “one who creates fruit of lips.” Perhaps the pronoun אֲנִי (’ani) should be inserted after the participle; it may have been accidentally omitted by haplography: נוּב שְׂפָתָיִם[אֲנִי] בּוֹרֵא (bore’ [’ani] nuv sÿfatayim). “Fruit of the lips” is often understood as a metonymy for praise; perhaps it refers more generally to joyful shouts (see v. 18).
4 tn Heb “Peace, peace.” The repetition of the noun emphasizes degree.