translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “house.”


text: Heb “even Dibon [to] the high places to weep.” The verb “went up” does double duty in the parallel structure.


text: Heb “over [or “for”] Nebo and over [or “for”] Medeba.”


text: The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.


label: NET textual note

text: The Hebrew text has, “For this reason the soldiers of Moab shout, his inner being quivers for him.” To achieve tighter parallelism, some emend the first line, changing חֲלֻצֵי ( khalutse , “soldiers”) to חַלְצֵי ( khaltse , “loins”) and יָרִיעוּ ( yari ’ u , “they shout,” from רוּעַ , rua ’) to יָרְעוּ ( yor ’ u , “they quiver”), a verb from יָרַע ( yara ’), which also appears in the next line. One can then translate v. 4 b as “For this reason the insides of the Moabites quiver, their whole body shakes” (cf. NAB, NRSV).


text: Heb “for Moab.” For rhetorical purposes the speaker (the Lord?, see v. 9 ) plays the role of a mourner.


text: The vocalization of the Hebrew text suggests “the bars of her gates,” but the form should be repointed to yield, “her fugitives.” See HALOT 156-57 s.v. בָּרִחַ , and BDB 138 s.v. בָּרִיהַ .


text: The words “are stretched out” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “For the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it; for [on] the road to Horonaim an outcry over shattering they raise up.”


text: Heb “are waste places”; cf. NRSV “are a desolation.”


text: Heb “to Eglaim [is] her wailing, and [to] Beer Elim [is] her wailing.”


text: reads “Dibon” instead of “Dimon” in this verse.


text: Heb “Indeed I will place on Dimon added things.” Apparently the Lord is speaking.


text: The words “will attack” are supplied in the translation for clarification.