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.” ¹ 

Isaiah 17:6

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.

Isaiah 18:7

18:7 At that time

tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies,

by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned,

a people that are feared far and wide,

a nation strong and victorious,

whose land rivers divide. ² 

The tribute ³  will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion. ⁴ 

Isaiah 30:33

30:33 For ⁵  the burial place is already prepared; ⁶ 

it has been made deep and wide for the king. ⁷ 

The firewood is piled high on it. ⁸ 

The Lord’s breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone,

will ignite it.

Isaiah 41:2

41:2 Who stirs up this one from the east? ⁹ 

Who ¹⁰  officially commissions him for service? ¹¹ 

He hands nations over to him, ¹² 

and enables him to subdue ¹³  kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

like windblown straw with his bow. ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 41:25

41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north ¹⁵  and he advances,

one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. ¹⁶ 

He steps on ¹⁷  rulers as if they were clay,

like a potter treading the clay.

Isaiah 43:9

43:9 All nations gather together,

the peoples assemble.

Who among them announced this?

Who predicted earlier events for us? ¹⁸ 

Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right;

let them listen and affirm, ‘It is true.’

Isaiah 54:1

Zion Will Be Secure

54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!

Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the desolate one are more numerous

than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 58:2

58:2 They seek me day after day;

they want to know my requirements, ¹⁹ 

like a nation that does what is right

and does not reject the law of their God.

They ask me for just decrees;

they want to be near God.

Isaiah 61:1

The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People

61:1 The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me,

because the Lord has chosen ²⁰  me. ²¹ 

He has commissioned ²²  me to encourage ²³  the poor,

to help ²⁴  the brokenhearted,

to decree the release of captives,

and the freeing of prisoners,

Isaiah 65:1

The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly

65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; ²⁵ 

I appeared to those who did not look for me. ²⁶ 

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

to a nation that did not invoke ²⁷  my name.

Isaiah 65:16

65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth ²⁸ 

will do so in the name of the faithful God; ²⁹ 

whoever makes an oath in the earth

will do so in the name of the faithful God. ³⁰ 

For past problems will be forgotten;

I will no longer think about them. ³¹ 

[10:14]  ¹ sn The Assyrians’ conquests were relatively unopposed, like robbing a bird’s nest of its eggs when the mother bird is absent.

[18:7]  ² tn On the interpretive difficulties of this verse, see the notes at v. 2, where the same terminology is used.

[18:7]  ³ tn The words “the tribute” are repeated here in the translation for clarity.

[18:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the place of the name of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], Mount Zion.”

[30:33]  ³ tn Or “indeed.”

[30:33]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “for arranged from before [or “yesterday”] is [?].” The meaning of תָּפְתֶּה (tafÿteh), which occurs only here, is unknown. The translation above (as with most English versions) assumes an emendation to תֹּפֶת (tofet, “Topheth”; cf. NASB, NIV, NLT) and places the final hey (ה) on the beginning of the next word as an interrogative particle. Topheth was a place near Jerusalem used as a burial ground (see Jer 7:32; 19:11).

[30:33]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “Also it is made ready for the king, one makes it deep and wide.” If one takes the final hey (ה) on תָּפְתֶּה (tafÿteh) and prefixes it to גָּם (gam) as an interrogative particle (see the preceding note), one can translate, “Is it also made ready for the king?” In this case the question is rhetorical and expects an emphatic affirmative answer, “Of course it is!”

[30:33]  ⁶ tn Heb “its pile of wood, fire and wood one makes abundant.”

[41:2]  ⁴ sn The expression this one from the east refers to the Persian conqueror Cyrus, as later texts indicate (see 44:28-45:6; 46:11; 48:14-16).

[41:2]  ⁵ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis.

[41:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “[in] righteousness called him to his foot.”

[41:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “he [the Lord] places before him [Cyrus] nations.”

[41:2]  ⁸ tn The verb יַרְדְּ (yardÿ) is an otherwise unattested Hiphil form from רָדָה (radah, “rule”). But the Hiphil makes no sense with “kings” as object; one must understand an ellipsis and supply “him” (Cyrus) as the object. The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has יוֹרִד (yorid), which appears to be a Hiphil form from יָרַד (yarad, “go down”). Others suggest reading יָרֹד (yarod), a Qal form from רָדַד (radad, “beat down”).

[41:2]  ⁹ sn The point is that they are powerless before Cyrus’ military power and scatter before him.

[41:25]  ⁵ sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.

[41:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”

[41:25]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruption of an original וַיָּבָס (vayyavas), from בּוּס (bus, “step on”).

[43:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the former things was causing us to hear?”

[58:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “ways” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV); NLT “my laws.”

[61:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “anointed,” i.e., designated to carry out an assigned task.

[61:1]  ⁹ sn The speaker is not identified, but he is distinct from the Lord and from Zion’s suffering people. He possesses the divine spirit, is God’s spokesman, and is sent to release prisoners from bondage. The evidence suggests he is the Lord’s special servant, described earlier in the servant songs (see 42:1-4, 7; 49:2, 9; 50:4; see also 51:16).

[61:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “sent” (NAB); NCV “has appointed me.”

[61:1]  ¹¹ tn Or “proclaim good news to.”

[61:1]  ¹² tn Heb “to bind up [the wounds of].”

[65:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”

[65:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”

[65:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”

[65:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.

[65:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ¹² tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”