Isaiah 10:25

10:25 For very soon my fury ¹  will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction.”

Isaiah 28:6

28:6 He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions,

and strength to those who defend the city from attackers. ² 

Isaiah 33:2

33:2 Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you.

Give us strength each morning! ³ 

Deliver us when distress comes. ⁴ 

Isaiah 43:22

The Lord Rebukes His People

43:22 “But you did not call for me, O Jacob;

you did not long ⁵  for me, O Israel.

Isaiah 54:2

54:2 Make your tent larger,

stretch your tent curtains farther out! ⁶ 

Spare no effort,

lengthen your ropes,

and pound your stakes deep. ⁷ 

Isaiah 63:19

63:19 We existed from ancient times, ⁸ 

but you did not rule over them,

they were not your subjects. ⁹ 

Isaiah 64:3

64:3 When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, ¹⁰ 

you came down, and the mountains trembled ¹¹  before you.

Isaiah 65:3

65:3 These people continually and blatantly offend me ¹² 

as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards ¹³ 

and burn incense on brick altars. ¹⁴ 

[10:25]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text has simply “fury,” but the pronominal element can be assumed on the basis of what immediately follows (see “my anger” in the clause). It is possible that the suffixed yod (י) has been accidentally dropped by virtual haplography. Note that a vav (ו) is prefixed to the form that immediately follows; yod and vav are very similar in later script phases.

[28:6]  ² tn Heb “and [he will become] a spirit of justice for the one who sits [i.e., presides] over judgment, // and strength [for] the ones who turn back battle at the city gate.” The Lord will provide internal stability and national security.

[33:2]  ³ tn Heb “Be their arm each morning.” “Arm” is a symbol for strength. The mem suffixed to the noun has been traditionally understood as a third person suffix, but this is contrary to the context, where the people speak of themselves in the first person. The mem (מ) is probably enclitic with ellipsis of the pronoun, which can be supplied from the context. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:589, n. 1.

[33:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “[Be] also our deliverance in the time of distress.”

[43:22]  ⁴ tn Or “strive”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “been weary of me.”

[54:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the curtains of our dwelling places let them stretch out.”

[54:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “your stakes strengthen.”

[63:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “we were from antiquity” (see v. 16). The collocation עוֹלָם + מִן + הָיָה (hayah + min + ’olam) occurs only here.

[63:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “you did not rule them, your name was not called over them.” The expression “the name is called over” indicates ownership; see the note at 4:1. As these two lines stand they are very difficult to interpret. They appear to be stating that the adversaries just mentioned in v. 18 have not been subject to the Lord’s rule in the past, perhaps explaining why they could commit the atrocity described in v. 18b.

[64:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “[for which] we were not waiting.”

[64:3]  ⁸ tn See the note at v. 1.

[65:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the people who provoke me to anger to my face continually.”

[65:3]  ⁹ tn Or “gardens” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[65:3]  ¹⁰ tn Or perhaps, “on tiles.”