Isaiah 61:5

61:5 ¹ “Foreigners will take care of ²  your sheep;

foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.

Isaiah 11:14

11:14 They will swoop down ³  on the Philistine hills to the west; ⁴ 

together they will loot the people of the east.

They will take over Edom and Moab, ⁵ 

and the Ammonites will be their subjects.

Isaiah 37:12

37:12 Were the nations whom my predecessors ⁶  destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods? ⁷ 

Isaiah 56:6

56:6 As for foreigners who become followers of ⁸  the Lord and serve him,

who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants –

all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

and who are faithful to ⁹  my covenant –

¹ sn The Lord speaks in vv. 7-8 (and possibly v. 9). It is not clear where the servant’s speech (see vv. 1-3a) ends and the Lord’s begins. Perhaps the direct address to the people signals the beginning of the Lord’s speech.

² tn Heb “will stand [in position] and shepherd.”

³ tn Heb “fly.” Ephraim/Judah are compared to a bird of prey.

⁴ tn Heb “on the shoulder of Philistia toward the sea.” This refers to the slopes of the hill country west of Judah. See HALOT 506 s.v. כָּתֵף.

⁵ tn Heb “Edom and Moab [will be the place of] the outstretching of their hand,” i.e., included in their area of jurisdiction (see HALOT 648 s.v. ח(וֹ)מִשְׁלֹ).

⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV “forefathers”; NCV “ancestors.”

⁶ tn Heb “Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed rescue them – Gozan and Haran, and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who are in Telassar?”

⁷ tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”

⁸ tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”