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 49:22

49:22 This is what the sovereign Lord says:

“Look I will raise my hand to the nations;

I will raise my signal flag to the peoples.

They will bring your sons in their arms

and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

Isaiah 50:2

50:2 Why does no one challenge me when I come?

Why does no one respond when I call? ² 

Is my hand too weak ³  to deliver ⁴  you?

Do I lack the power to rescue you?

Look, with a mere shout ⁵  I can dry up the sea;

I can turn streams into a desert,

so the fish rot away and die

from lack of water. ⁶ 

Isaiah 66:2

66:2 My hand made them; ⁷ 

that is how they came to be,” ⁸  says the Lord.

I show special favor ⁹  to the humble and contrite,

who respect what I have to say. ¹⁰ 

[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.

[50:2]  ² sn The present tense translation of the verbs assumes that the Lord is questioning why Israel does not attempt to counter his arguments. Another possibility is to take the verbs as referring to past events: “Why did no one meet me when I came? Why did no one answer when I called?” In this case the Lord might be asking why Israel rejected his calls to repent and his offer to deliver them.

[50:2]  ³ tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV).

[50:2]  ⁴ tn Or “ransom” (NAB, NASB, NIV).

[50:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “with my rebuke.”

[50:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “the fish stink from lack of water and die from thirst.”

[66:2]  ³ tn Heb “all these.” The phrase refers to the heavens and earth, mentioned in the previous verse.

[66:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and all these were.” Some prefer to emend וַיִּהְיוּ (vayyihyu, “and they were”) to וְלִי הָיוּ (vÿli hayu, “and to me they were”), i.e., “and they belong to me.”

[66:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and to this one I look” (KJV and NASB both similar).

[66:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”