Discovery BoxIsaiah 1:4
Context1:4 1 The sinful nation is as good as dead, 2
the people weighed down by evil deeds.
They are offspring who do wrong,
children 3 who do wicked things.
They have abandoned the Lord,
and rejected the Holy One of Israel. 4
They are alienated from him. 5
Isaiah 13:8
Context13:8 They panic –
cramps and pain seize hold of them
like those of a woman who is straining to give birth.
They look at one another in astonishment;
their faces are flushed red. 6
Isaiah 19:18
Context19:18 At that time five cities 7 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. 8
Isaiah 29:23
Context29:23 For when they see their children,
whom I will produce among them, 9
they will honor 10 my name.
They will honor the Holy One of Jacob; 11
they will respect 12 the God of Israel.
Isaiah 30:15
Context30:15 For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says:
“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; 13
if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, 14
but you are unwilling.
Isaiah 41:16
Context41:16 You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away;
the wind will scatter them.
You will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 48:17
Context48:17 This is what the Lord, your protector, 15 says,
the Holy One of Israel: 16
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you how to succeed,
who leads you in the way you should go.
Isaiah 55:5
Context55:5 Look, you will summon nations 17 you did not previously know;
nations 18 that did not previously know you will run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, 19
for he bestows honor on you.
Isaiah 56:11
Context56:11 The dogs have big appetites;
they are never full. 20
They are shepherds who have no understanding;
they all go their own way,
each one looking for monetary gain. 21
Isaiah 60:14
Context60:14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;
all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.
They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’ 22
[1:4] 1 sn Having summoned the witnesses and announced the Lord’s accusation against Israel, Isaiah mourns the nation’s impending doom. The third person references to the Lord in the second half of the verse suggest that the quotation from the Lord (cf. vv. 2-3) has concluded.
[1:4] 2 tn Heb “Woe [to the] sinful nation.” The Hebrew term הוֹי, (hoy, “woe, ah”) was used in funeral laments (see 1 Kgs 13:30; Jer 22:18; 34:5) and carries the connotation of death. In highly dramatic fashion the prophet acts out Israel’s funeral in advance, emphasizing that their demise is inevitable if they do not repent soon.
[1:4] 3 tn Or “sons” (NASB). The prophet contrasts four terms of privilege – nation, people, offspring, children – with four terms that depict Israel’s sinful condition in Isaiah’s day – sinful, evil, wrong, wicked (see J. A. Motyer, The Prophecy of Isaiah, 43).
[1:4] 4 sn Holy One of Israel is one of Isaiah’s favorite divine titles for God. It pictures the Lord as the sovereign king who rules over his covenant people and exercises moral authority over them.
[1:4] 5 tn Heb “they are estranged backward.” The LXX omits this statement, which presents syntactical problems and seems to be outside the synonymous parallelistic structure of the verse.
[13:8] 6 tn Heb “their faces are faces of flames.” Their faces are flushed with fear and embarrassment.
[19:18] 11 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] 12 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
[29:23] 16 tn Heb “for when he sees his children, the work of my hands in his midst.”
[29:23] 17 tn Or “treat as holy” (also in the following line); NASB, NRSV “will sanctify.”
[29:23] 18 sn Holy One of Jacob is similar to the phrase “Holy One of Israel” common throughout Isaiah; see the sn at Isa 1:4.
[29:23] 19 tn Or “fear,” in the sense of “stand in awe of.”
[30:15] 21 tn Heb “in returning and in quietness you will be delivered.” Many English versions render the last phrase “shall be saved” or something similar (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).
[30:15] 22 tn Heb “in quietness and in trust is your strength” (NASB and NRSV both similar).
[48:17] 26 tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
[48:17] 27 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[55:5] 31 tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).
[55:5] 32 tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.
[55:5] 33 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[56:11] 36 sn The phrase never full alludes to the greed of the leaders.
[56:11] 37 tn Heb “for his gain from his end.”
[60:14] 41 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
