Discovery BoxIsaiah 1:2
Context1:2 Listen, O heavens,
pay attention, O earth! 1
For the Lord speaks:
“I raised children, 2 I brought them up, 3
but 4 they have rebelled 5 against me!
Isaiah 19:18
Context19:18 At that time five cities 6 in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord who commands armies. One will be called the City of the Sun. 7
Isaiah 29:4
Context29:4 You will fall;
while lying on the ground 8 you will speak;
from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. 9
Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; 10
from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation. 11
Isaiah 30:10
Context30:10 They 12 say to the visionaries, “See no more visions!”
and to the seers, “Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! 13
Tell us nice things,
relate deceptive messages. 14
Isaiah 32:7
Context32:7 A deceiver’s methods are evil; 15
he dreams up evil plans 16
to ruin the poor with lies,
even when the needy are in the right. 17
Isaiah 37:22
Context37:22 this is what the Lord says about him: 18
“The virgin daughter Zion 19
despises you – she makes fun of you;
daughter Jerusalem
shakes her head after you. 20
Isaiah 38:7
Context38:7 Isaiah replied, 21 “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said:
Isaiah 39:8
Context39:8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord’s word which you have announced is appropriate.” 22 Then he thought, 23 “For 24 there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”
Isaiah 46:11
Context46:11 who summons an eagle 25 from the east,
from a distant land, one who carries out my plan.
Yes, I have decreed, 26
yes, I will bring it to pass;
I have formulated a plan,
yes, I will carry it out.
Isaiah 48:16
Context48:16 Approach me! Listen to this!
From the very first I have not spoken in secret;
when it happens, 27 I am there.”
So now, the sovereign Lord has sent me, accompanied by his spirit. 28
Isaiah 58:9
Context58:9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;
you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’
You must 29 remove the burdensome yoke from among you
and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
Isaiah 58:14
Context58:14 Then you will find joy in your relationship to the Lord, 30
and I will give you great prosperity, 31
and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” 32
Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. 33
Isaiah 59:4
Context59:4 No one is concerned about justice; 34
no one sets forth his case truthfully.
They depend on false words 35 and tell lies;
they conceive of oppression 36
and give birth to sin.
Isaiah 59:13
Context59:13 We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord;
we turned back from following our God.
We stir up 37 oppression and rebellion;
we tell lies we concocted in our minds. 38
Isaiah 63:1
Context63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, 39
dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? 40
Who 41 is this one wearing royal attire, 42
who marches confidently 43 because of his great strength?
“It is I, the one who announces vindication,
and who is able to deliver!” 44
[1:2] 1 sn The personified heavens and earth are summoned to God’s courtroom as witnesses against God’s covenant people. Long before this Moses warned the people that the heavens and earth would be watching their actions (see Deut 4:26; 30:19; 31:28; 32:1).
[1:2] 2 tn Or “sons” (NAB, NASB).
[1:2] 3 sn The normal word pair for giving birth to and raising children is יָלַד (yalad, “to give birth to”) and גָּדַל (gadal, “to grow, raise”). The pair גָּדַל and רוּם (rum, “to raise up”) probably occur here to highlight the fact that Yahweh made something important of Israel (cf. R. Mosis, TDOT 2:403).
[1:2] 4 sn Against the backdrop of Yahweh’s care for his chosen people, Israel’s rebellion represents abhorrent treachery. The conjunction prefixed to a nonverbal element highlights the sad contrast between Yahweh’s compassionate care for His people and Israel’s thankless rebellion.
[1:2] 5 sn To rebel carries the idea of “covenant treachery.” Although an act of פֶּשַׁע (pesha’, “rebellion”) often signifies a breach of the law, the legal offense also represents a violation of an existing covenantal relationship (E. Carpenter and M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 3:707).
[19:18] 6 sn The significance of the number “five” in this context is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:376-77.
[19:18] 7 tc The Hebrew text has עִיר הַהֶרֶס (’ir haheres, “City of Destruction”; cf. NASB, NIV) but this does not fit the positive emphasis of vv. 18-22. The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and some medieval Hebrew
[29:4] 11 tn Heb “from the ground” (so NIV, NCV).
[29:4] 12 tn Heb “and from the dust your word will be low.”
[29:4] 13 tn Heb “and your voice will be like a ritual pit from the earth.” The Hebrew אוֹב (’ov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. See the note on “incantations” in 8:19. Here the word is used metonymically for the voice that emerges from such a pit.
[29:4] 14 tn Heb “and from the dust your word will chirp.” The words “as if muttering an incantation” are supplied in the translation for clarification. See the parallelism and 8:19.
[30:10] 16 tn Heb “who” (so NASB, NRSV). A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[30:10] 17 tn Heb “Do not see for us right things.”
[30:10] 18 tn Heb “Tell us smooth things, see deceptive things.”
[32:7] 21 tn Heb “as for a deceiver, his implements [or “weapons”] are evil.”
[32:7] 22 tn Or “he plans evil things”; NIV “he makes up evil schemes.”
[32:7] 23 tn Heb “to ruin the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speak what is just.”
[37:22] 26 tn Heb “this is the word which the Lord has spoken about him.”
[37:22] 27 sn Zion (Jerusalem) is pictured here as a young, vulnerable daughter whose purity is being threatened by the would-be Assyrian rapist. The personification hints at the reality which the young girls of the city would face if the Assyrians conquer it.
[37:22] 28 sn Shaking the head was a mocking gesture of derision.
[38:7] 31 tn The words “Isaiah replied” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the present form of the Hebrew text v. 7 is joined directly to v. 6, but vv. 21-22, if original to Isaiah 38, must be inserted here. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8.
[39:8] 36 tn Heb “good” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “favorable.”
[39:8] 37 tn Heb “and he said.” The verb אָמַר (’amar, “say”) is sometimes used of what one thinks (that is, says to oneself).
[39:8] 38 tn Or “surely”; cf. CEV “At least.”
[46:11] 41 tn Or, more generally, “a bird of prey” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV; see 18:6).
[46:11] 42 tn Heb “spoken”; KJV “I have spoken it.”
[48:16] 46 tn Heb “from the time of its occurring.”
[48:16] 47 sn The speaker here is not identified specifically, but he is probably Cyrus, the Lord’s “ally” mentioned in vv. 14-15.
[58:9] 51 tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b-10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.
[58:14] 56 tn For a parallel use of the phrase “find joy in” (Hitpael of עָנַג [’anag] followed by the preposition עַל [’al]), see Ps 37:4.
[58:14] 57 tn Heb “and I will cause you to ride upon the heights of the land.” The statement seems to be an allusion to Deut 32:13, where it is associated, as here, with God’s abundant provision of food.
[58:14] 58 tn Heb “and I will cause you to eat the inheritance of Jacob your father.” The Hebrew term נַחֲלָה (nakhalah) likely stands by metonymy for the crops that grow on Jacob’s “inheritance” (i.e., the land he inherited as a result of God’s promise).
[58:14] 59 tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” The introductory כִּי (ki) may be asseverative (as reflected in the translation) or causal/explanatory, explaining why the preceding promise will become reality (because it is guaranteed by the divine word).
[59:4] 61 tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”
[59:4] 62 tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”
[59:4] 63 tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”
[59:13] 66 tn Heb “speaking.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[59:13] 67 tn Heb “conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”
[63:1] 71 sn Edom is here an archetype for the Lord’s enemies. See 34:5.
[63:1] 72 tn Heb “[in] bright red garments, from Bozrah.”
[63:1] 73 tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis; note the first line of the verse.
[63:1] 74 tn Heb “honored in his clothing”; KJV, ASV “glorious in his apparel.”
[63:1] 75 tc The Hebrew text has צָעָה (tsa’ah), which means “stoop, bend” (51:14). The translation assumes an emendation to צָעַד (tsa’ad, “march”; see BDB 858 s.v. צָעָה).
[63:1] 76 tn Heb “I, [the one] speaking in vindication [or “righteousness”], great to deliver.”
