Yesaya 2:16

2:16 for all the large ships, ¹ 

for all the impressive ²  ships. ³ 

Yesaya 19:10

19:10 Those who make cloth ⁴  will be demoralized; ⁵ 

all the hired workers will be depressed. ⁶ 

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

[2:16]  ² tn Heb “desirable”; NAB, NIV “stately”; NRSV “beautiful.”

[2:16]  ³ tn On the meaning of this word, which appears only here in the Hebrew Bible, see H. R. Cohen, Biblical Hapax Legomena (SBLDS), 41-42.

[2:16]  sn The ships mentioned in this verse were the best of their class, and therefore an apt metaphor for the proud men being denounced in this speech.

[19:10]  ⁴ tn Some interpret שָׁתֹתֶיהָ (shatoteha) as “her foundations,” i.e., leaders, nobles. See BDB 1011 s.v. שָׁת. Others, on the basis of alleged cognates in Akkadian and Coptic, repoint the form שְׁתִיתֶיהָ (shÿtiteha) and translate “her weavers.” See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:370.

[19:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “crushed.” Emotional distress is the focus of the context (see vv. 8-9, 10b).

[19:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “sad of soul”; cf. NIV, NLT “sick at heart.”