Discovery BoxIsaiah 10:10-11
Context10:10 I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, 1
whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s 2 or Samaria’s.
10:11 As I have done to Samaria and its idols,
so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.” 3
Isaiah 10:2
Context10:2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment,
and to deprive 4 the oppressed among my people of justice,
so they can steal what widows own,
and loot what belongs to orphans. 5
Isaiah 17:5-7
Context17:5 It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest,
and his hand gleans the ear of grain.
It will be like one gathering the ears of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
17:6 There will be some left behind,
like when an olive tree is beaten –
two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top,
four or five on its fruitful branches,”
says the Lord God of Israel.
17:7 At that time 6 men will trust in their creator; 7
they will depend on 8 the Holy One of Israel. 9
Isaiah 18:1
Context18:1 The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, 10
the one beyond the rivers of Cush,
[10:10] 1 tn Heb “Just as my hand found the kingdoms of the idol[s].” The comparison is expanded in v. 11a (note “as”) and completed in v. 11b (note “so”).
[10:10] 2 map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[10:11] 3 tn The statement is constructed as a rhetorical question in the Hebrew text: “Is it not [true that] just as I have done to Samaria and its idols, so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols?”
[10:2] 4 tn Or “rob” (ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV); KJV “take away the right from the poor.”
[10:2] 5 tn Heb “so that widows are their plunder, and they can loot orphans.”
[17:7] 6 tn Heb “in that day” (so ASV, NASB, NIV); KJV “At that day.”
[17:7] 7 tn Heb “man will gaze toward his maker.”
[17:7] 8 tn Heb “his eyes will look toward.”
[17:7] 9 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[18:1] 10 tn Heb “Woe [to] the land of buzzing wings.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.
