Isaiah 1:22

1:22 Your ¹  silver has become scum, ² 

your beer is diluted with water. ³ 

Isaiah 38:4

38:4 The Lord told Isaiah, ⁴ 

Isaiah 55:6

55:6 Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; ⁵ 

call to him while he is nearby!

[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.

[38:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying.”

[55:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “while he allows himself to be found.” The Niphal form has a tolerative force here.