Yesaya 14:23

14:23 “I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals ¹ 

and covered with pools of stagnant water.

I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” ² 

says the Lord who commands armies.

Yesaya 63:6

63:6 I trampled nations in my anger,

I made them drunk ³  in my rage,

I splashed their blood on the ground.” ⁴ 

[14:23]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”

[63:6]  ³ sn See Isa 49:26 and 51:23 for similar imagery.

[63:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I brought down to the ground their juice.” “Juice” refers to their blood (see v. 3).