Isaiah 10:28

10:28 ¹ They ²  attacked ³  Aiath,

moved through Migron,

depositing their supplies at Micmash.

Isaiah 20:1

20:1 The Lord revealed the following message during the year in which King Sargon of Assyria sent his commanding general to Ashdod, and he fought against it and captured it. ⁴ 

Isaiah 21:1

The Lord Will Judge Babylon

21:1 Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: ⁵ 

Like strong winds blowing in the south, ⁶ 

one invades from the desert,

from a land that is feared.

Isaiah 37:34

37:34 He will go back the way he came –

he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.

Isaiah 60:1

Zion’s Future Splendor

60:1 “Arise! Shine! For your light arrives!

The splendor ⁷  of the Lord shines on you!

Isaiah 13:9

13:9 Look, the Lord’s day of judgment ⁸  is coming;

it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, ⁹ 

destroying ¹⁰  the earth ¹¹ 

and annihilating its sinners.

Isaiah 14:31

14:31 Wail, O city gate!

Cry out, O city!

Melt with fear, ¹²  all you Philistines!

For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke,

and there are no stragglers in its ranks. ¹³ 

Isaiah 21:9

21:9 Look what’s coming!

A charioteer,

a team of horses.” ¹⁴ 

When questioned, he replies, ¹⁵ 

“Babylon has fallen, fallen!

All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

Isaiah 22:15

22:15 This is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says:

“Go visit this administrator, Shebna, who supervises the palace, ¹⁶  and tell him: ¹⁷ 

Isaiah 26:20

26:20 Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms!

Close your doors behind you!

Hide for a little while,

until his angry judgment is over! ¹⁸ 

Isaiah 30:27

30:27 Look, the name ¹⁹  of the Lord comes from a distant place

in raging anger and awesome splendor. ²⁰ 

He speaks angrily

and his word is like destructive fire. ²¹ 

Isaiah 62:11

62:11 Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: ²² 

“Say to Daughter Zion,

‘Look, your deliverer comes!

Look, his reward is with him

and his reward goes before him!’” ²³ 

Isaiah 63:1

The Victorious Divine Warrior

63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, ²⁴ 

dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? ²⁵ 

Who ²⁶  is this one wearing royal attire, ²⁷ 

who marches confidently ²⁸  because of his great strength?

“It is I, the one who announces vindication,

and who is able to deliver!” ²⁹ 

[10:28]  ¹ sn Verses 28-31 display a staccato style; the statements are short and disconnected (no conjunctions appear in the Hebrew text). The translation to follow strives for a choppy style that reflects the mood of the speech.

[10:28]  ² tn Heb “he,” that is, the Assyrians (as the preceding context suggests). Cf. NCV “The army of Assyria.”

[10:28]  ³ tn Heb “came against,” or “came to.”

[20:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “In the year the commanding general came to Ashdod, when Sargon king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and captured it.”

[21:1]  ⁷ sn The phrase is quite cryptic, at least to the modern reader. Verse 9 seems to indicate that this message pertains to Babylon. Southern Mesopotamia was known as the Sealand in ancient times, because of its proximity to the Persian Gulf. Perhaps the reference to Babylon as a “desert” foreshadows the destruction that would overtake the city, making it like a desolate desert.

[21:1]  ⁸ tn Or “in the Negev” (NASB).

[60:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions).

[13:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “the day of the Lord.”

[13:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “[with] cruelty, and fury, and rage of anger.” Three synonyms for “anger” are piled up at the end of the line to emphasize the extraordinary degree of divine anger that will be exhibited in this judgment.

[13:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “making desolate.”

[13:9]  ¹⁶ tn Or “land” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT).

[14:31]  ¹⁶ tn Or “despair” (see HALOT 555 s.v. מוג). The form נָמוֹג (namog) should be taken here as an infinitive absolute functioning as an imperative. See GKC 199-200 §72.v.

[14:31]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and there is no one going alone in his appointed places.” The meaning of this line is uncertain. בּוֹדֵד (boded) appears to be a participle from בָּדַד (badad, “be separate”; see BDB 94 s.v. בָּדַד). מוֹעָד (mo’ad) may mean “assembly” or, by extension, “multitude” (see HALOT 558 s.v. *מוֹעָד), but the referent of the third masculine pronominal suffix attached to the noun is unclear. It probably refers to the “nation” mentioned in the next line.

[21:9]  ¹⁹ tn Or “[with] teams of horses,” or perhaps, “with a pair of horsemen.”

[21:9]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and he answered and said” (so KJV, ASV).

[22:15]  ²² tn Heb “who is over the house” (so ASV); NASB “who is in charge of the royal household.”

[22:15]  ²³ tn The words “and tell him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[26:20]  ²⁵ tn Heb “until anger passes by.”

[30:27]  ²⁸ sn The “name” of the Lord sometimes stands by metonymy for the Lord himself, see Exod 23:21; Lev 24:11; Pss 54:1 (54:3 HT); 124:8. In Isa 30:27 the point is that he reveals that aspect of his character which his name suggests – he comes as Yahweh (“he is present”), the ever present helper of his people who annihilates their enemies and delivers them. The name “Yahweh” originated in a context where God assured a fearful Moses that he would be with him as he confronted Pharaoh and delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt. See Exod 3.

[30:27]  ²⁹ tn Heb “his anger burns, and heaviness of elevation.” The meaning of the phrase “heaviness of elevation” is unclear, for מַשָּׂאָה (masa’ah, “elevation”) occurs only here. Some understand the term as referring to a cloud (elevated above the earth’s surface), in which case one might translate, “and in heavy clouds” (cf. NAB “with lowering clouds”). Others relate the noun to מָשָׂא (masa’, “burden”) and interpret it as a reference to judgment. In this case one might translate, “and with severe judgment.” The present translation assumes that the noun refers to his glory and that “heaviness” emphasizes its degree.

[30:27]  ³⁰ tn Heb “his lips are full of anger, and his tongue is like consuming fire.” The Lord’s lips and tongue are used metonymically for his word (or perhaps his battle cry; see v. 31).

[62:11]  ³¹ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so NASB, NRSV).

[62:11]  ³² sn As v. 12 indicates, the returning exiles are the Lord’s reward/prize. See also 40:10 and the note there.

[63:1]  ³⁴ sn Edom is here an archetype for the Lord’s enemies. See 34:5.

[63:1]  ³⁵ tn Heb “[in] bright red garments, from Bozrah.”

[63:1]  ³⁶ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis; note the first line of the verse.

[63:1]  ³⁷ tn Heb “honored in his clothing”; KJV, ASV “glorious in his apparel.”

[63:1]  ³⁸ tc The Hebrew text has צָעָה (tsa’ah), which means “stoop, bend” (51:14). The translation assumes an emendation to צָעַד (tsa’ad, “march”; see BDB 858 s.v. צָעָה).

[63:1]  ³⁹ tn Heb “I, [the one] speaking in vindication [or “righteousness”], great to deliver.”