Yesaya 23:13

23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,

these people who have lost their identity! ¹ 

The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.

They erected their siege towers, ² 

demolished ³  its fortresses,

and turned it into a heap of ruins. ⁴ 

[23:13]  ¹ tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”

[23:13]  ² tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.

[23:13]  ³ tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.

[23:13]  ⁴ sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.