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Isaiah 23:13
New English Translation
Isaiah 23:13
New English Translation
13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,
these people who have lost their identity![a]
The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.
They erected their siege towers,[b]
demolished[c] its fortresses,
and turned it into a heap of ruins.[d]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 23:13 tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”
- Isaiah 23:13 tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.
- Isaiah 23:13 tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.
- Isaiah 23:13 sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.
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