uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

General Information:

Isaiah speaks to the people of Judah in the form of a poem.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) How the faithful city

(Some words not found in UHB: how she/it_was like,whore city faithful full_of justice righteousness lodged in/on/at/with,her and=now murderers )

This exclamation shows Isaiah’s anger and sadness about the people of Jerusalem. Alternate translation: “See how the people of Jerusalem, who had been faithful to God”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) has become a prostitute

(Some words not found in UHB: how she/it_was like,whore city faithful full_of justice righteousness lodged in/on/at/with,her and=now murderers )

Isaiah compared the people to a woman who is not loyal to her husband but who sleeps with other men for money. The people were no longer loyal to God but were worshiping false gods. Alternate translation: “acts like a prostitute”

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

(Occurrence 0) but now she is full of murderers

(Some words not found in UHB: how she/it_was like,whore city faithful full_of justice righteousness lodged in/on/at/with,her and=now murderers )

The pronoun “she” refers to the city of Jerusalem. In this culture, it was conventional to refer to cities with feminine pronouns. In your translation, use whatever pronoun would be natural. Alternate translation: “it was full”