Isaiah 10:20

Context

10:20 At that time¹ those left in Israel, those who remain of the family² of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them.³ Instead they will truly⁴ rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.⁵

Isaiah 45:11

Context

45:11 This is what the Lord says,

the Holy One of Israel,⁶ the one who formed him,

concerning things to come:⁷

“How dare you question me⁸ about my children!

How dare you tell me what to do with⁹ the work of my own hands!

[10:20] ¹tn Or “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[10:20] ²tn Heb “house” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[10:20] ³tn Heb “on one who strikes him down.” This individual is the king (“foreign leader”) of the oppressing nation (which NLT specifies as “the Assyrians”).

[10:20] ⁴tn Or “sincerely”; KJV, ASV, NAB, NRSV “in truth.”

[10:20] ⁵sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[45:11] ⁶sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[45:11] ⁷tc The Hebrew text reads “the one who formed him, the coming things.” Among various suggestions, some have proposed an emendation of יֹצְרוֹ (yotsÿro, “the one who formed him”) to יֹצֵר (yotser, “the one who forms”; the suffixed form in the Hebrew text may be influenced by vv. 9-10, where the same form appears twice) and takes “coming things” as the object of the participle (either objective genitive or accusative): “the one who brings the future into being.”

[45:11] ⁸tn Heb “Ask me” The rhetorical command sarcastically expresses the Lord’s disgust with those who question his ways.

[45:11] ⁹tn Heb “Do you command me about…?” The rhetorical question sarcastically expresses the Lord’s disgust with those who question his ways.