Yesaya 51:19
Konteks51:19 These double disasters confronted you.
But who feels sorry for you?
Destruction and devastation,
famine and sword.
But who consoles you? 1
Yeremia 9:16
Konteks9:16 I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors 2 have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords 3 until I have destroyed them.’” 4
[51:19] 1 tc The Hebrew text has אֲנַחֲמֵךְ (’anakhamekh), a first person form, but the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa reads correctly יִנַחֲמֵךְ (yinakhamekh), a third person form.
[9:16] 3 tn Heb “I will send the sword after them.” The sword here is probably not completely literal but refers to death by violent means, including death by the sword.
[9:16] 4 sn He will destroy them but not completely. See Jer 5:18; 30:11; 46:28.