Isaiah 22:2

New English Translation

²The noisy city is full of raucous sounds;
the town is filled with revelry.^[a]
Your slain were not cut down by the sword;
they did not die in battle.^[b]

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Footnotes

Isaiah 22:2 tn Heb “the boisterous town.” The phrase is parallel to “the noisy city” in the preceding line.
Isaiah 22:2 sn Apparently they died from starvation during the siege that preceded the final conquest of the city. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:409.

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