Yesaya 36:2

36:2 The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser ¹  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ²  along with a large army. The chief adviser ³  stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ⁴ 

Yesaya 41:25

41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north ⁵  and he advances,

one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. ⁶ 

He steps on ⁷  rulers as if they were clay,

like a potter treading the clay.

[36:2]  ¹ sn For a discussion of this title see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

[36:2]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:2]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the chief adviser) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[36:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[41:25]  ⁵ sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.

[41:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”

[41:25]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruption of an original וַיָּבָס (vayyavas), from בּוּס (bus, “step on”).