Isaiah 17:8

17:8 They will no longer trust in ¹  the altars their hands made,

or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made. ² 

Isaiah 19:25

19:25 The Lord who commands armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying, ³  “Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession, ⁴  Israel!”

Isaiah 60:21

60:21 All of your people will be godly; ⁵ 

they will possess the land permanently.

I will plant them like a shoot;

they will be the product of my labor,

through whom I reveal my splendor. ⁶ 

Isaiah 64:8

64:8 Yet, ⁷  Lord, you are our father.

We are the clay, and you are our potter;

we are all the product of your labor. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “he will not gaze toward.”

² tn Heb “and that which his fingers made he will not see, the Asherah poles and the incense altars.”

³ tn Heb “which the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] will bless [it], saying.” The third masculine singular suffix on the form בֵּרֲכוֹ (berakho) should probably be emended to a third feminine singular suffix בֵּרֲכָהּ (berakhah), for its antecedent would appear to be the feminine noun אֶרֶץ (’erets, “earth”) at the end of v. 24.

⁴ tn Or “my inheritance” (NAB, NASB, NIV).

⁵ tn Or “righteous” (NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “just.”

⁶ tn Heb “a shoot of his planting, the work of my hands, to reveal splendor.”

⁷ tn On the force of וְעַתָּה (vÿ’attah) here, see HALOT 902 s.v. עַתָּה.

⁸ tn Heb “the work of your hand.”