Isaiah 1:12

1:12 When you enter my presence,

do you actually think I want this –

animals trampling on my courtyards? ¹ 

Isaiah 2:10

2:10 Go up into the rocky cliffs,

hide in the ground.

Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, ² 

from his royal splendor!

Isaiah 3:3

3:3 captains of groups of fifty,

the respected citizens, ³ 

advisers and those skilled in magical arts, ⁴ 

and those who know incantations.

Isaiah 3:15

3:15 Why do you crush my people

and grind the faces of the poor?” ⁵ 

The sovereign Lord who commands armies ⁶  has spoken.

Isaiah 9:15

9:15 The leaders and the highly respected people ⁷  are the head,

the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

Isaiah 24:1

The Lord Will Judge the Earth

24:1 Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth

and leave it in ruins;

he will mar its surface

and scatter its inhabitants.

Isaiah 26:17

26:17 As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver

and strains and cries out because of her labor pains,

so were we because of you, O Lord.

Isaiah 27:6

27:6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root; ⁸ 

Israel will blossom and grow branches.

The produce ⁹  will fill the surface of the world. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 30:11

30:11 Turn aside from the way,

stray off the path. ¹¹ 

Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.” ¹² 

Isaiah 45:2

45:2 “I will go before you

and level mountains. ¹³ 

Bronze doors I will shatter

and iron bars ¹⁴  I will hack through.

Isaiah 48:7

48:7 Now they come into being, ¹⁵  not in the past;

before today you did not hear about them,

so you could not say,

‘Yes, ¹⁶  I know about them.’

Isaiah 48:19

48:19 Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, ¹⁷ 

and your children ¹⁸  like its granules.

Their name would not have been cut off

and eliminated from my presence. ¹⁹ 

Isaiah 50:6

50:6 I offered my back to those who attacked, ²⁰ 

my jaws to those who tore out my beard;

I did not hide my face

from insults and spitting.

Isaiah 54:8

54:8 In a burst ²¹  of anger I rejected you ²²  momentarily,

but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,”

says your protector, ²³  the Lord.

Isaiah 63:12

63:12 the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, ²⁴ 

who divided the water before them,

gaining for himself a lasting reputation, ²⁵ 

Isaiah 64:3

64:3 When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, ²⁶ 

you came down, and the mountains trembled ²⁷  before you.

Isaiah 65:3

65:3 These people continually and blatantly offend me ²⁸ 

as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards ²⁹ 

and burn incense on brick altars. ³⁰ 

Isaiah 65:6

65:6 Look, I have decreed: ³¹ 

I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;

I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, ³² 

[1:12]  ¹ tn Heb “When you come to appear before me, who requires this from your hand, trampling of my courtyards?” The rhetorical question sarcastically makes the point that God does not require this parade of livestock. The verb “trample” probably refers to the eager worshipers and their sacrificial animals walking around in the temple area.

[2:10]  ² tn Heb “from the dread of the Lord,” that is, from the dread that he produces in the objects of his judgment.” The words “get away” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:3]  ³ tn Heb “the ones lifted up with respect to the face.” For another example of the Hebrew idiom, see 2 Kgs 5:1.

[3:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the wise with respect to magic.” On the meaning of חֲרָשִׁים (kharashim, “magic”), see HALOT 358 s.v. III חרשׁ. Some understand here a homonym, meaning “craftsmen.” In this case, one could translate, “skilled craftsmen” (cf. NIV, NASB).

[3:15]  ⁴ sn The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s outrage at what the leaders have done to the poor. He finds it almost unbelievable that they would have the audacity to treat his people in this manner.

[3:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at 1:9.

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “the elder and the one lifted up with respect to the face.” For another example of the Hebrew idiom, see 2 Kgs 5:1.

[27:6]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “the coming ones, let Jacob take root.” הַבָּאִים (habba’im, “the coming ones”) should probably be emended to יָמִים בָאִים (yamim va’im, “days [are] coming”) or בְּיָמִים הַבָּאִים (biyamim habba’im, “in the coming days”).

[27:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “fruit” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[27:6]  ⁸ sn This apparently refers to a future population explosion. See 26:18.

[30:11]  ⁷ sn The imagery refers to the way or path of truth, as revealed by God to the prophet.

[30:11]  ⁸ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[45:2]  ⁸ tc The form הֲדוּרִים (hadurim) makes little, if any, sense here. It is probably a corruption of an original הָרָרִים (hararim, “mountains”), the reduplicated form of הָר (har, “mountain”).

[45:2]  ⁹ tn That is, on the gates. Cf. CEV “break the iron bars on bronze gates.”

[48:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”

[48:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”

[48:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “like sand”; NCV “as many as the grains of sand.”

[48:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the issue from your inner parts.”

[48:19]  ¹² tn Heb “and his name would not be cut off and would not be destroyed from before me.”

[50:6]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps, “who beat [me].”

[54:8]  ¹² tn According to BDB 1009 s.v. שֶׁטֶף the noun שֶׁצֶף here is an alternate form of שֶׁטֶף (shetef, “flood”). Some relate the word to an alleged Akkadian cognate meaning “strength.”

[54:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “I hid my face from you.”

[54:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[63:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “who caused to go at the right hand of Moses the arm of his splendor.”

[63:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “making for himself a lasting name.”

[64:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “[for which] we were not waiting.”

[64:3]  ¹⁵ tn See the note at v. 1.

[65:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the people who provoke me to anger to my face continually.”

[65:3]  ¹⁶ tn Or “gardens” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[65:3]  ¹⁷ tn Or perhaps, “on tiles.”

[65:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Look, it is written before me.”

[65:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”