Isaiah 1:13

1:13 Do not bring any more meaningless ¹  offerings;

I consider your incense detestable! ² 

You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations,

but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations! ³ 

Isaiah 9:5

9:5 Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth ⁴ 

and every garment dragged through blood

is used as fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 25:7

25:7 On this mountain he will swallow up

the shroud that is over all the peoples, ⁵ 

the woven covering that is over all the nations; ⁶ 

Isaiah 30:8

30:8 Now go, write it ⁷  down on a tablet in their presence, ⁸ 

inscribe it on a scroll,

so that it might be preserved for a future time

as an enduring witness. ⁹ 

Isaiah 30:13

30:13 So this sin will become your downfall.

You will be like a high wall

that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse;

it crumbles suddenly, in a flash. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 33:6

33:6 He is your constant source of stability; ¹¹ 

he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; ¹² 

he gives all this to those who fear him. ¹³ 

Isaiah 38:20

38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, ¹⁴ 

and we will celebrate with music ¹⁵ 

for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” ¹⁶ 

[1:13]  ¹ tn Or “worthless” (NASB, NCV, CEV); KJV, ASV “vain.”

[1:13]  ² sn Notice some of the other practices that Yahweh regards as “detestable”: homosexuality (Lev 18:22-30; 20:13), idolatry (Deut 7:25; 13:15), human sacrifice (Deut 12:31), eating ritually unclean animals (Deut 14:3-8), sacrificing defective animals (Deut 17:1), engaging in occult activities (Deut 18:9-14), and practicing ritual prostitution (1 Kgs 14:23).

[1:13]  ³ tn Heb “sin and assembly” (these two nouns probably represent a hendiadys). The point is that their attempts at worship are unacceptable to God because the people’s everyday actions in the socio-economic realm prove they have no genuine devotion to God (see vv. 16-17).

[9:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “Indeed every boot marching with shaking.” On the meaning of סְאוֹן (sÿ’on, “boot”) and the related denominative verb, both of which occur only here, see HALOT 738 s.v. סְאוֹן.

[25:7]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text reads, “the face of the shroud, the shroud over all the nations.” Some emend the second הַלּוֹט (hallot) to a passive participle הַלּוּט (hallut, “that is wrapped”).

[25:7]  ⁸ sn The point of the imagery is unclear. Perhaps the shroud/covering referred to was associated with death in some way (see v. 8).

[30:8]  ¹⁰ tn The referent of the third feminine singular pronominal suffix is uncertain. Perhaps it refers to the preceding message, which accuses the people of rejecting the Lord’s help in favor of an alliance with Egypt.

[30:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “with them.” On the use of the preposition here, see BDB 86 s.v. II אֵת.

[30:8]  ¹² sn Recording the message will enable the prophet to use it in the future as evidence that God warned his people of impending judgment and clearly spelled out the nation’s guilt. An official record of the message will also serve as proof of the prophet’s authority as God’s spokesman.

[30:13]  ¹³ tn The verse reads literally, “So this sin will become for you like a breach ready to fall, bulging on a high wall, the breaking of which comes suddenly, in a flash.” Their sin produces guilt and will result in judgment. Like a wall that collapses their fall will be swift and sudden.

[33:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he is the stability of your times.”

[33:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “a rich store of deliverance, wisdom, and knowledge.”

[33:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the fear of the Lord, it is his treasure.”

[38:20]  ¹⁹ tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.

[38:20]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”

[38:20]  ²¹ tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”