Isaiah 1:1

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1:1 Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem ¹  that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah reigned over Judah. ² 

Isaiah 7:16

7:16 Here is why this will be so: ³  Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land ⁴  whose two kings you fear will be desolate. ⁵ 

Isaiah 17:9

17:9 At that time ⁶  their fortified cities will be

like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, ⁷ 

which they abandoned because of the Israelites;

there will be desolation.

Isaiah 21:1

The Lord Will Judge Babylon

21:1 Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: ⁸ 

Like strong winds blowing in the south, ⁹ 

one invades from the desert,

from a land that is feared.

Isaiah 21:11

Bad News for Seir

21:11 Here is a message about Dumah: ¹⁰ 

Someone calls to me from Seir, ¹¹ 

“Watchman, what is left of the night?

Watchman, what is left of the night?” ¹² 

Isaiah 30:21

30:21 You ¹³  will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,

“This is the correct ¹⁴  way, walk in it,”

whether you are heading to the right or the left.

Isaiah 33:14

33:14 Sinners are afraid in Zion;

panic ¹⁵  grips the godless. ¹⁶ 

They say, ¹⁷  ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire?

Who among us can coexist with unquenchable ¹⁸  fire?’

Isaiah 34:1

The Lord Will Judge Edom

34:1 Come near, you nations, and listen!

Pay attention, you people!

The earth and everything it contains must listen,

the world and everything that lives in it. ¹⁹ 

Isaiah 41:13

41:13 For I am the Lord your God,

the one who takes hold of your right hand,

who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’

[1:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:1]  ² tn Heb “The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah.”

[7:16]  ³ tn Heb “for, because.” The particle introduces the entire following context (vv. 16-25), which explains why Immanuel will be an appropriate name for the child, why he will eat sour milk and honey, and why experiencing such a diet will contribute to his moral development.

[7:16]  ⁴ sn Since “two kings” are referred to later in the verse, the “land” must here refer to Syria-Israel.

[7:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the land will be abandoned, which you fear because of its two kings.” After the verb קוּץ (quts, “loathe, dread”) the phrase מִפְּנֵי (mipney, “from before”) introduces the cause of loathing/dread (see Gen 27:46; Exod 1:12; Num 22:3).

[17:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV).

[17:9]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “like the abandonment of the wooded height and the top one.” The following relative clause appears to allude back to the Israelite conquest of the land, so it seems preferable to emend הַחֹרֶשׁ וְהָאָמִיר (hakhoresh vÿha’amir, “the wooded height and the top one”) to חֹרֵשֵׁי הָאֱמֹרִי (khoreshe ha’emori, “[like the abandonment] of the wooded heights of the Amorites”).

[21:1]  ⁷ sn The phrase is quite cryptic, at least to the modern reader. Verse 9 seems to indicate that this message pertains to Babylon. Southern Mesopotamia was known as the Sealand in ancient times, because of its proximity to the Persian Gulf. Perhaps the reference to Babylon as a “desert” foreshadows the destruction that would overtake the city, making it like a desolate desert.

[21:1]  ⁸ tn Or “in the Negev” (NASB).

[21:11]  ⁹ tn The noun דּוּמָה (dumah) means “silence,” but here it is a proper name, probably referring to a site in northern Arabia or to the nation of Edom. See BDB 189 s.v. II דּוּמָה. If Dumah was an area in northern Arabia, it would be of interest to the Edomites because of its strategic position on trade routes which they used. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:398.

[21:11]  ¹⁰ sn Seir is another name for Edom. See BDB 973 s.v. שֵׂעִיר.

[21:11]  ¹¹ sn The “night” probably here symbolizes distress and difficult times. See BDB 539 s.v. לַיְלָה.

[30:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your ears” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[30:21]  ¹² tn The word “correct’ is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[33:14]  ¹³ tn Or “trembling” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “shake with fear.”

[33:14]  ¹⁴ tn Or “the defiled”; TEV “The sinful people of Zion”; NLT “The sinners in Jerusalem.”

[33:14]  ¹⁵ tn The words “they say” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[33:14]  ¹⁶ tn Or “perpetual”; or “everlasting” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[34:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the world and its offspring”; NASB “the world and all that springs from it.”