Isaiah 1:22

1:22 Your ¹  silver has become scum, ² 

your beer is diluted with water. ³ 

Isaiah 12:3

12:3 Joyfully you will draw water

from the springs of deliverance. ⁴ 

Isaiah 19:5

19:5 The water of the sea will be dried up,

and the river will dry up and be empty. ⁵ 

[1:22]  ¹ tn The pronoun is feminine singular; personified Jerusalem (see v. 21) is addressed.

[1:22]  ² tn Or “dross.” The word refers to the scum or impurites floating on the top of melted metal.

[1:22]  ³ sn The metaphors of silver becoming impure and beer being watered down picture the moral and ethical degeneration that had occurred in Jerusalem.

[12:3]  ⁴ tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions, e.g., KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); CEV “victory.”

[19:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “will dry up and be dry.” Two synonyms are joined for emphasis.