Isaiah 42:5

42:5 This is what the true God, ¹  the Lord, says –

the one who created the sky and stretched it out,

the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, ² 

the one who gives breath to the people on it,

and life to those who live on it: ³ 

Isaiah 36:12

36:12 But the chief adviser said, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. ⁴  His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you!” ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “the God.” The definite article here indicates distinctiveness or uniqueness.

² tn Heb “and its offspring” (so NASB); NIV “all that comes out of it.”

³ tn Heb “and spirit [i.e., “breath”] to the ones walking in it” (NAB, NASB, and NRSV all similar).

⁴ tn Heb “To your master and to you did my master send me to speak these words?” The rhetorical question expects a negative answer.

⁵ tn Heb “[Is it] not [also] to the men…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, it is.”