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Isaiah 29:4
New English Translation
Isaiah 29:4
New English Translation
4 You will fall;
while lying on the ground[a] you will speak;
from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard.[b]
Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld;[c]
from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation.[d]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:4 tn Heb “from the ground” (so NIV, NCV).
- Isaiah 29:4 tn Heb “and from the dust your word will be low.”
- Isaiah 29:4 tn Heb “and your voice will be like a ritual pit from the earth.” The Hebrew אוֹב (ʾov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. See the note on “incantations” in 8:19. Here the word is used metonymically for the voice that emerges from such a pit.
- Isaiah 29:4 tn Heb “and from the dust your word will chirp.” The words “as if muttering an incantation” are supplied in the translation for clarification. See the parallelism and 8:19.
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