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Isaiah 42:25
New English Translation
Isaiah 42:25
New English Translation
25 So he poured out his fierce anger on them,[a]
along with the devastation[b] of war.
Its flames encircled them,[c] but they did not realize it;[d]
it burned against them, but they did not take it to heart.[e]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:25 tn The Hebrew third masculine singular pronoun, representing the nation, has been rendered as the third plural throughout this verse.
- Isaiah 42:25 tn Heb “strength” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “fury”; NASB “fierceness”; NIV “violence.”
- Isaiah 42:25 tn Heb “and it blazed against him all around.” The subject of the third feminine singular verb “blazed” is the divine חֵמָה (khemah, “anger”) mentioned in the previous line.
- Isaiah 42:25 sn It is not that he did not know about the war, but he did not attribute this to God’s wrath.
- Isaiah 42:25 tn Heb “but he did not set [it] upon [his] heart.” The Hebrew word “heart” also refers to the mind.
New English Translation (NET)
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