Isaiah 1:19

1:19 If you have a willing attitude and obey, ¹ 

then you will again eat the good crops of the land.

Isaiah 31:6

31:6 You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled! ² 

Isaiah 46:12

46:12 Listen to me, you stubborn people, ³ 

you who distance yourself from doing what is right. ⁴ 

[1:19]  ¹ tn Heb “listen”; KJV “obedient”; NASB “If you consent and obey.”

[31:6]  ² tn Heb “Return to the one [against] whom the sons of Israel made deep rebellion.” The syntax is awkward here. A preposition is omitted by ellipsis after the verb (see GKC 446 §138.f, n. 2), and there is a shift from direct address (note the second plural imperative “return”) to the third person (note “they made deep”). For other examples of abrupt shifts in person in poetic style, see GKC 462 §144.p.

[46:12]  ³ tn Heb “strong of heart [or, mind]”; KJV “stouthearted”; NAB “fainthearted”; NIV “stubborn-hearted.”

[46:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “who are far from righteousness [or perhaps, “deliverance”].”