Isaiah 32:14

tn Or “noisy” (NAB, NIV, NCV).

tn Hebrew עֹפֶל (’ofel), probably refers here to a specific area within the city of Jerusalem. See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.

tn The Hebrew text has בְעַד מְעָרוֹת (vé’ad mé’arot). The force of בְעַד, which usually means “behind, through, round about,” or “for the benefit of,” is uncertain here. HALOT 616 s.v. *מְעָרָה takes מְעָרוֹת (mé’arot) as a homonym of “cave” and define it here as “cleared field.” Despite these lexical problems, the general point of the statement seems clear—the city will be uninhabited.

tn Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”