Isaiah 10:12

10:12 But when ¹  the sovereign master ²  finishes judging ³  Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I ⁴  will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays. ⁵ 

Isaiah 10:14

10:14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest,

as one gathers up abandoned eggs,

I gathered up the whole earth.

There was no wing flapping,

or open mouth chirping.” ⁶ 

Isaiah 19:17

19:17 The land of Judah will humiliate Egypt. Everyone who hears about Judah will be afraid because of what the Lord who commands armies is planning to do to them. ⁷ 

Isaiah 29:8

29:8 It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating,

only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. ⁸ 

It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking,

only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. ⁹ 

So it will be for the horde from all the nations

that fight against Mount Zion.

Isaiah 39:6

39:6 ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors ¹⁰  have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.

Isaiah 51:3

51:3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;

he will console all her ruins.

He will make her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the Garden of the Lord.

Happiness and joy will be restored to ¹¹  her,

thanksgiving and the sound of music.

Isaiah 51:13

51:13 Why do you forget ¹²  the Lord, who made you,

who stretched out the sky ¹³ 

and founded the earth?

Why do you constantly tremble all day long ¹⁴ 

at the anger of the oppressor,

when he makes plans to destroy?

Where is the anger of the oppressor? ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 52:5

52:5 And now, what do we have here?” ¹⁶  says the Lord.

“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,

those who rule over them taunt,” ¹⁷  says the Lord,

“and my name is constantly slandered ¹⁸  all day long.

Isaiah 54:17--55:1

54:17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed;

you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. ¹⁹ 

This is what the Lord will do for his servants –

I will vindicate them,” ²⁰ 

says the Lord.

The Lord Gives an Invitation

55:1 “Hey, ²¹  all who are thirsty, come to the water!

You who have no money, come!

Buy and eat!

Come! Buy wine and milk

without money and without cost! ²² 

Isaiah 56:6

56:6 As for foreigners who become followers of ²³  the Lord and serve him,

who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants –

all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

and who are faithful to ²⁴  my covenant –

Isaiah 63:7

A Prayer for Divine Intervention

63:7 I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord,

of the Lord’s praiseworthy deeds.

I will tell about all ²⁵  the Lord did for us,

the many good things he did for the family of Israel, ²⁶ 

because of ²⁷  his compassion and great faithfulness.

Isaiah 66:20

66:20 They will bring back all your countrymen ²⁸  from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them ²⁹  on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels ³⁰  to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers.

[10:12]  ¹ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[10:12]  ² tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 16, 23, 24, 33 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[10:12]  ³ tn Heb “his work on/against.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV “on”; NIV “against.”

[10:12]  ⁴ tn The Lord is speaking here, as in vv. 5-6a.

[10:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will visit [judgment] on the fruit of the greatness of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of the height of his eyes.” The proud Assyrian king is likened to a large, beautiful fruit tree.

[10:14]  ⁶ sn The Assyrians’ conquests were relatively unopposed, like robbing a bird’s nest of its eggs when the mother bird is absent.

[19:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the land of Judah will become [a source of] shame to Egypt, everyone to whom one mentions it [i.e., the land of Judah] will fear because of the plan of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] which he is planning against him.”

[29:8]  ¹⁶ tn Or “that he [or “his appetite”] is unsatisfied.”

[29:8]  ¹⁷ tn Or “that he is faint and that he [or “his appetite”] longs [for water].”

[39:6]  ²¹ tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).

[51:3]  ²⁶ tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[51:13]  ³¹ tn Heb “and that you forget.”

[51:13]  ³² tn Or “the heavens” (also in v. 16). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[51:13]  ³³ tn Heb “and that you tremble constantly all the day.”

[51:13]  ³⁴ tn The question anticipates the answer, “Ready to disappear!” See v. 14.

[52:5]  ³⁶ tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”

[52:5]  ³⁷ tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root יָלַל (yalal, “howl”), perhaps here in the sense of “mock.” Some emend the form to יְהוֹלָּלוֹ (yÿhollalo) and understand a Polel form of the root הָלַל meaning here “mock, taunt.”

[52:5]  ³⁸ tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, ת) from the root נָאַץ (na’ats), but GKC 151-52 §55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.

[54:17]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “and every tongue that rises up for judgment with you will prove to be guilty.”

[54:17]  ⁴² tn Heb “this is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication from me.”

[55:1]  ⁴⁶ tn The Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) was used in funeral laments and is often prefixed to judgment oracles for rhetorical effect. But here it appears to be a simple interjection, designed to grab the audience’s attention. Perhaps there is a note of sorrow or pity. See BDB 223 s.v.

[55:1]  ⁴⁷ sn The statement is an oxymoron. Its ironic quality adds to its rhetorical impact. The statement reminds one of the norm (one must normally buy commodities) as it expresses the astounding offer. One might paraphrase the statement: “Come and take freely what you normally have to pay for.”

[56:6]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”

[56:6]  ⁵² tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”

[63:7]  ⁵⁶ tn Heb “according to all which.”

[63:7]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “greatness of goodness to the house of Israel which he did for them.”

[63:7]  ⁵⁸ tn Heb “according to.”

[66:20]  ⁶¹ tn Heb “brothers” (so NIV); NCV “fellow Israelites.”

[66:20]  ⁶² tn The words “they will bring them” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[66:20]  ⁶³ tn The precise meaning of this word is uncertain. Some suggest it refers to “chariots.” See HALOT 498 s.v. *כִּרְכָּרָה.