Yesaya 23:16

23:16 “Take the harp,

go through the city,

forgotten prostitute!

Play it well,

play lots of songs,

so you’ll be noticed!” ¹ 

Yesaya 38:20

38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, ² 

and we will celebrate with music ³ 

for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” ⁴ 

[23:16]  ¹ tn Heb “so you will be remembered.”

[38:20]  ² tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.

[38:20]  ³ tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”

[38:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”

[38:20]  sn Note that vv. 21-22 have been placed between vv. 6-7, where they logically belong. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8.