OET interlinear ISA 13:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וּ⁠פָקַדְתִּ֤י עַל־תֵּבֵל֙

and,I_will_visit on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in world

Yahweh begins speaking here without an explicit introduction in the text. In your translation, use a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [Then Yahweh said,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠פָקַדְתִּ֤י עַל־תֵּבֵל֙ רָעָ֔ה

and,I_will_visit on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in world evil

Yahweh is using I will visit upon the world its evil as a common expression of the culture to mean “I will bring judgment on the world for its evil.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will bring judgment on the world for its evil]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

רְשָׁעִ֖ים

wicked

Yahweh is using the adjective wicked as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [those who are wicked]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠הִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ גְּא֣וֹן זֵדִ֔ים וְ⁠גַאֲוַ֥ת עָרִיצִ֖ים אַשְׁפִּֽיל

and,I_will_put_an_end_to pride_of arrogant and_[the],haughtiness_of tyrants lay_low

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of pride, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [And I will make the boasting of the arrogant cease, and I will bring low the haughtiness of the mighty]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

זֵדִ֔ים

arrogant

Yahweh is using the adjective arrogant as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [those who are arrogant]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

עָרִיצִ֖ים

tyrants

Yahweh is using the adjective mighty as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [mighty people]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רָעָ֔ה וְ⁠עַל־רְשָׁעִ֖ים עֲוֺנָ֑⁠ם

evil and,on wicked iniquity_of,their

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of evil and iniquity, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [wicked deeds, and upon the wicked, their moral corruption]