Discovery BoxIsaiah 1:6
Context1:6 From the soles of your feet to your head,
there is no spot that is unharmed. 1
There are only bruises, cuts,
and open wounds.
They have not been cleansed 2 or bandaged,
nor have they been treated 3 with olive oil. 4
Isaiah 13:20
Context13:20 No one will live there again;
no one will ever reside there again. 5
No bedouin 6 will camp 7 there,
no shepherds will rest their flocks 8 there.
Isaiah 23:4
Context23:4 Be ashamed, O Sidon,
for the sea 9 says this, O fortress of the sea:
“I have not gone into labor
or given birth;
I have not raised young men
or brought up young women.” 10
Isaiah 30:1
Context30:1 “The rebellious 11 children are as good as dead,” 12 says the Lord,
“those who make plans without consulting me, 13
who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, 14
and thereby compound their sin. 15
Isaiah 31:3
Context31:3 The Egyptians are mere humans, not God;
their horses are made of flesh, not spirit.
The Lord will strike with 16 his hand;
the one who helps will stumble
and the one being helped will fall.
Together they will perish. 17
Isaiah 40:31
Context40:31 But those who wait for the Lord’s help 18 find renewed strength;
they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, 19
they run without growing weary,
they walk without getting tired.
Isaiah 42:24-25
Context42:24 Who handed Jacob over to the robber?
Who handed Israel over to the looters? 20
Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned?
They refused to follow his commands;
they disobeyed his law. 21
42:25 So he poured out his fierce anger on them,
along with the devastation 22 of war.
Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; 23
it burned against them, but they did notice. 24
Isaiah 44:20
Contexthis deceived mind misleads him.
He cannot rescue himself,
nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’ 26
Isaiah 49:10
Context49:10 They will not be hungry or thirsty;
the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, 27
for one who has compassion on them will guide them;
he will lead them to springs of water.
Isaiah 53:2
Context53:2 He sprouted up like a twig before God, 28
like a root out of parched soil; 29
he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, 30
no special appearance that we should want to follow him. 31
Isaiah 53:7
Context53:7 He was treated harshly and afflicted, 32
but he did not even open his mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block,
like a sheep silent before her shearers,
he did not even open his mouth. 33
Isaiah 58:3
Context58:3 They lament, 34 ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast?
Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’
Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, 35
you oppress your workers. 36
Isaiah 65:17
Context65:17 For look, I am ready to create
new heavens and a new earth! 37
The former ones 38 will not be remembered;
no one will think about them anymore. 39
[1:6] 1 tn Heb “there is not in it health”; NAB “there is no sound spot.”
[1:6] 3 tn Heb “softened” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “soothed.”
[1:6] 4 sn This verse describes wounds like those one would receive in battle. These wounds are comprehensive and without remedy.
[13:20] 5 tn Heb “she will not be inhabited forever, and she will not be dwelt in to generation and generation (i.e., forever).” The Lord declares that Babylon, personified as a woman, will not be inhabited. In other words, her people will be destroyed and the Chaldean empire will come to a permanent end.
[13:20] 6 tn Or “Arab” (NAB, NASB, NIV); cf. CEV, NLT “nomads.”
[13:20] 7 tn יַהֵל (yahel) is probably a corrupted form of יֶאֱהַל (ye’ehal). See GKC 186 §68.k.
[13:20] 8 tn The words “their flocks” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text does not supply the object here, but see Jer 33:12.
[23:4] 9 tn J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:430-31) sees here a reference to Yam, the Canaanite god of the sea. He interprets the phrase מָעוֹז הַיָּם (ma’oz hayyam, “fortress of the sea”) as a title of Yam, translating “Mighty One of the Sea.” A more traditional view is that the phrase refers to Sidon.
[23:4] 10 tn Or “virgins” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB).
[30:1] 13 tn Or “stubborn” (NCV); cf. NIV “obstinate.”
[30:1] 14 tn Heb “Woe [to] rebellious children.”
[30:1] 15 tn Heb “making a plan, but not from me.”
[30:1] 16 tn Heb “and pouring out a libation, but not [from] my spirit.” This translation assumes that the verb נָסַךְ (nasakh) means “pour out,” and that the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה (massekhah) means “libation.” In this case “pouring out a libation” alludes to a ceremony that formally ratifies an alliance. Another option is to understand the verb נָסַךְ as a homonym meaning “weave,” and the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה as a homonym meaning “covering.” In this case forming an alliance is likened to weaving a garment.
[30:1] 17 tn Heb “consequently adding sin to sin.”
[31:3] 17 tn Heb “will extend”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV “stretch out.”
[31:3] 18 tn Heb “together all of them will come to an end.”
[40:31] 21 tn The words “for the Lord’s help” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[40:31] 22 tn Heb “they rise up [on] wings like eagles” (TEV similar).
[42:24] 25 tn Heb “Who gave to the robber Jacob, and Israel to the looters?” In the first line the consonantal text (Kethib) has מְשׁוֹסֶה (mÿshoseh), a Polel participle from שָׁסָה (shasah, “plunder”). The marginal reading (Qere) is מְשִׁיסָּה (mÿshissah), a noun meaning “plunder.” In this case one could translate “Who handed Jacob over as plunder?”
[42:24] 26 tn Heb “they were not willing in his ways to walk, and they did not listen to his law.”
[42:25] 29 tn Heb “strength” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “fury”; NASB “fierceness”; NIV “violence.”
[42:25] 30 tn Heb “and it blazed against him all around, but he did not know.” The subject of the third feminine singular verb “blazed” is the divine חֵמָה (khemah, “anger”) mentioned in the previous line.
[42:25] 31 tn Heb “and it burned against him, but he did not set [it] upon [the] heart.”
[44:20] 33 tn Or perhaps, “he eats on an ash heap.”
[44:20] 34 tn Heb “Is it not a lie in my right hand?”
[49:10] 37 tn Heb “and the heat and the sun will not strike them.” In Isa 35:7, its only other occurrence in the OT, שָׁרָב (sharav) stands parallel to “parched ground” and in contrast to “pool.” In later Hebrew and Aramaic it refers to “dry heat, heat of the sun” (Jastrow 1627 s.v.). Here it likely has this nuance and forms a hendiadys with “sun.”
[53:2] 41 tn Heb “before him.” Some suggest an emendation to “before us.” If the third singular suffix of the Hebrew text is retained, it probably refers to the Lord (see v. 1b). For a defense of this reading, see R. Whybray, Isaiah 40-66 (NCBC), 173-74.
[53:2] 42 sn The metaphor in this verse suggests insignificance.
[53:2] 43 tn Heb “that we might see him.” The vav conjunctive prefixed to the imperfect introduces a result clause here. See GKC 504-5 §166.a.
[53:2] 44 tn Heb “that we should desire him.” The vav conjunctive prefixed to the imperfect introduces a result clause here. See GKC 504-5 §166.a.
[53:7] 45 tn The translation assumes the Niphal is passive; another option is take the clause (note the subject + verb pattern) as concessive and the Niphal as reflexive, “though he humbled himself.”
[53:7] 46 sn This verse emphasizes the servant’s silent submission. The comparison to a sheep does not necessarily suggest a sacrificial metaphor. Sheep were slaughtered for food as well as for sacrificial rituals, and טֶבַח (tevakh) need not refer to sacrificial slaughter (see Gen 43:16; Prov 7:22; 9:2; Jer 50:27; note also the use of the related verb in Exod 21:37; Deut 28:31; 1 Sam 25:11).
[58:3] 49 tn The words “they lament” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[58:3] 50 tn Heb “you find pleasure”; NASB “you find your desire.”
[58:3] 51 tn Or perhaps, “debtors.” See HALOT 865 s.v. * עָצֵב.
[65:17] 53 sn This hyperbolic statement likens the coming transformation of Jerusalem (see vv. 18-19) to a new creation of the cosmos.
[65:17] 54 tn Or perhaps, “the former things” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “The events of the past.”
