Isaiah 14:2

14:2 Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord’s land. ¹  They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.

Isaiah 27:13

27:13 At that time ²  a large ³  trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost ⁴  in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in ⁵  the land of Egypt. They will worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. ⁶ 

Isaiah 65:8

65:8 This is what the Lord says:

“When ⁷  juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,

someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ ⁸ 

So I will do for the sake of my servants –

I will not destroy everyone. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “and the house of Jacob will take possession of them [i.e., the nations], on the land of the Lord, as male servants and female servants.”

² tn Heb “and it will be in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

³ tn Traditionally, “great” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT); CEV “loud.”

⁴ tn Or “the ones perishing.”

⁵ tn Or “the ones driven into.”

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”

⁴ tn Heb “for a blessing is in it.”

⁵ tn Heb “by not destroying everyone.”