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Isaiah 13:12-14
New English Translation
Isaiah 13:12-14
New English Translation
12 I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold,
and people more scarce[a] than gold from Ophir.
13 So I will shake the heavens,[b]
and the earth will shake loose from its foundation,[c]
because of the fury of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
in the day he vents his raging anger.[d]
14 Like a frightened gazelle[e]
or a sheep with no shepherd,
each will turn toward home,[f]
each will run to his homeland.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 13:12 tn The verb is supplied in the translation from the first line. The verb in the first line (“I will make scarce”) does double duty in the parallel structure of the verse.
- Isaiah 13:13 tn Or “the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
- Isaiah 13:13 tn Heb “from its place” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV).
- Isaiah 13:13 tn Heb “and in the day of the raging of his anger.”
- Isaiah 13:14 tn Or “like a gazelle being chased.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
- Isaiah 13:14 tn Heb “his people” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “his nation” (cf. TEV “their own countries”).
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