Yesaya 25:12

25:12 The fortified city (along with the very tops of your ¹  walls) ²  he will knock down,

he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground. ³ 

Yesaya 14:23

14:23 “I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals ⁴ 

and covered with pools of stagnant water.

I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” ⁵ 

says the Lord who commands armies.

Yesaya 17:1

The Lord Will Judge Damascus

17:1 Here is a message about Damascus:

“Look, Damascus is no longer a city,

it is a heap of ruins!

Yesaya 21:9

21:9 Look what’s coming!

A charioteer,

a team of horses.” ⁶ 

When questioned, he replies, ⁷ 

“Babylon has fallen, fallen!

All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

Yesaya 23:13

23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,

these people who have lost their identity! ⁸ 

The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.

They erected their siege towers, ⁹ 

demolished ¹⁰  its fortresses,

and turned it into a heap of ruins. ¹¹ 

[25:12]  ¹ sn Moab is addressed.

[25:12]  ² tn Heb “a fortification, the high point of your walls.”

[25:12]  ³ tn Heb “he will bring [it] down, he will make [it] touch the ground, even to the dust.”

[14:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will make her into a possession of wild animals.” It is uncertain what type of animal קִפֹּד (qippod) refers to. Some suggest a rodent (cf. NASB, NRSV “hedgehog”), others an owl (cf, NAB, NIV, TEV).

[14:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”

[21:9]  ⁶ tn Or “[with] teams of horses,” or perhaps, “with a pair of horsemen.”

[21:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he answered and said” (so KJV, ASV).

[23:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”

[23:13]  ⁹ tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.

[23:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.

[23:13]  ¹¹ sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.