Isaiah 10:24

10:24 So ¹  here is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says: “My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did. ² 

Isaiah 13:4

13:4 ³ There is a loud noise on the mountains –

it sounds like a large army! ⁴ 

There is great commotion among the kingdoms ⁵  –

nations are being assembled!

The Lord who commands armies is mustering

forces for battle.

Isaiah 19:1

The Lord Will Judge Egypt

19:1 Here is a message about Egypt:

Look, the Lord rides on a swift-moving cloud

and approaches Egypt.

The idols of Egypt tremble before him;

the Egyptians lose their courage. ⁶ 

Isaiah 19:18

19:18 At that time five cities ⁷  in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord who commands armies. One will be called the City of the Sun. ⁸ 

Isaiah 23:1

The Lord Will Judge Tyre

23:1 Here is a message about Tyre:

Wail, you large ships, ⁹ 

for the port is too devastated to enter! ¹⁰ 

From the land of Cyprus ¹¹  this news is announced to them.

Isaiah 33:15

33:15 The one who lives ¹²  uprightly ¹³ 

and speaks honestly;

the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures

and rejects a bribe; ¹⁴ 

the one who does not plot violent crimes ¹⁵ 

and does not seek to harm others ¹⁶  –

Isaiah 34:14

34:14 Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there; ¹⁷ 

wild goats will bleat to one another. ¹⁸ 

Yes, nocturnal animals ¹⁹  will rest there

and make for themselves a nest. ²⁰ 

Isaiah 35:4

35:4 Tell those who panic, ²¹ 

“Be strong! Do not fear!

Look, your God comes to avenge!

With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.” ²² 

Isaiah 36:7

36:7 Perhaps you will tell me, ‘We are trusting in the Lord our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at this altar.’

Isaiah 44:20

44:20 He feeds on ashes; ²³ 

his deceived mind misleads him.

He cannot rescue himself,

nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’ ²⁴ 

Isaiah 56:3

56:3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of ²⁵  the Lord should say,

‘The Lord will certainly ²⁶  exclude me from his people.’

The eunuch should not say,

‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

[10:24]  ¹ tn Heb “therefore.” The message that follows is one of encouragement, for it focuses on the eventual destruction of the Assyrians. Consequently “therefore” relates back to vv. 5-21, not to vv. 22-23, which must be viewed as a brief parenthesis in an otherwise positive speech.

[10:24]  ² tn Heb “in the way [or “manner”] of Egypt.”

[13:4]  ³ sn In vv. 4-10 the prophet appears to be speaking, since the Lord is referred to in the third person. However, since the Lord refers to himself in the third person later in this chapter (see v. 13), it is possible that he speaks throughout the chapter.

[13:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “a sound, a roar [is] on the mountains, like many people.”

[13:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “a sound, tumult of kingdoms.”

[19:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the heart of Egypt melts within it.”

[19:18]  ⁷ sn The significance of the number “five” in this context is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:376-77.

[19:18]  ⁸ tc The Hebrew text has עִיר הַהֶרֶס (’ir haheres, “City of Destruction”; cf. NASB, NIV) but this does not fit the positive emphasis of vv. 18-22. The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a and some medieval Hebrew mss read עִיר הָחֶרֶס (’ir hakheres, “City of the Sun,” i.e., Heliopolis). This reading also finds support from Symmachus’ Greek version, the Targum, and the Vulgate. See HALOT 257 s.v. חֶרֶס and HALOT 355 s.v. II חֶרֶס.

[23:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “ships of Tarshish.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.

[23:1]  ¹⁰ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “for it is destroyed, from a house, from entering.” The translation assumes that the mem (מ) on בַּיִת (bayit) was originally an enclitic mem suffixed to the preceding verb. This assumption allows one to take בַּיִת as the subject of the preceding verb. It is used in a metaphorical sense for the port city of Tyre. The preposition min (מִן) prefixed to בּוֹא (bo’) indicates negative consequence: “so that no one can enter.” See BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b.

[23:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the Kittim,” a designation for the people of Cyprus. See HALOT 504-05 s.v. כִּתִּיִּים.

[33:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).

[33:15]  ¹² tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”

[33:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”

[33:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”

[33:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”

[34:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “will meet” (so NIV); NLT “will mingle there.”

[34:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and a goat will call to its neighbor.”

[34:14]  ¹⁵ tn The precise meaning of לִּילִית (lilit) is unclear, though in this context the word certainly refers to some type of wild animal or bird. The word appears to be related to לַיְלָה (laylah, “night”). Some interpret it as the name of a female night demon, on the basis of an apparent Akkadian cognate used as the name of a demon. Later Jewish legends also identified Lilith as a demon. Cf. NRSV “Lilith.”

[34:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and will find for themselves a resting place.”

[35:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Say to the hasty of heart,” i.e., those whose hearts beat quickly from fear.

[35:4]  ¹⁶ tn The jussive form וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶם (vÿyosha’akhem), which is subordinated to the preceding imperfect with vav conjunctive, indicates purpose.

[44:20]  ¹⁷ tn Or perhaps, “he eats on an ash heap.”

[44:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Is it not a lie in my right hand?”

[56:3]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “who attaches himself to.”

[56:3]  ²⁰ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.