Isaiah 11:9

11:9 They will no longer injure or destroy

on my entire royal mountain. ¹ 

For there will be universal submission to the Lord’s sovereignty,

just as the waters completely cover the sea. ² 

Isaiah 19:14

19:14 The Lord has made them undiscerning; ³ 

they lead Egypt astray in all she does,

so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit. ⁴ 

Isaiah 32:13

32:13 Mourn ⁵  over the land of my people,

which is overgrown with thorns and briers,

and over all the once-happy houses ⁶ 

in the city filled with revelry. ⁷ 

Isaiah 36:1

Sennacherib Invades Judah

36:1 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, ⁸  King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

Isaiah 36:20

36:20 Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?’” ⁹ 

Isaiah 37:11

37:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. ¹⁰  Do you really think you will be rescued? ¹¹ 

Isaiah 37:25

37:25 I dug wells

and drank water. ¹² 

With the soles of my feet I dried up

all the rivers of Egypt.’

Isaiah 38:15

38:15 What can I say?

He has decreed and acted. ¹³ 

I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 45:7

45:7 I am ¹⁵  the one who forms light

and creates darkness; ¹⁶ 

the one who brings about peace

and creates calamity. ¹⁷ 

I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

Isaiah 45:12

45:12 I made the earth,

I created the people who live ¹⁸  on it.

It was me – my hands ¹⁹  stretched out the sky, ²⁰ 

I give orders to all the heavenly lights. ²¹ 

Isaiah 62:2

62:2 Nations will see your vindication,

and all kings your splendor.

You will be called by a new name

that the Lord himself will give you. ²² 

Isaiah 62:6

62:6 I ²³  post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;

they should keep praying all day and all night. ²⁴ 

You who pray to ²⁵  the Lord, don’t be silent!

[11:9]  ¹ tn Heb “in all my holy mountain.” In the most basic sense the Lord’s “holy mountain” is the mountain from which he rules over his kingdom (see Ezek 28:14, 16). More specifically it probably refers to Mount Zion/Jerusalem or to the entire land of Israel (see Pss 2:6; 15:1; 43:3; Isa 56:7; 57:13; Ezek 20:40; Ob 16; Zeph 3:11). If the Lord’s universal kingdom is in view in this context (see the note on “earth” at v. 4), then the phrase would probably be metonymic here, standing for God’s worldwide dominion (see the next line).

[11:9]  ² tn Heb “for the earth will be full of knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” The translation assumes that a universal kingdom is depicted here, but אֶרֶץ (’erets) could be translated “land” (see the note at v. 4). “Knowledge of the Lord” refers here to a recognition of the Lord’s sovereignty which results in a willingness to submit to his authority. See the note at v. 2.

[19:14]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord has mixed into her midst a spirit of blindness.”

[19:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “like the going astray of a drunkard in his vomit.”

[32:13]  ⁵ tn “Mourn” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 12-13 are one long sentence.

[32:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “indeed, over all the houses of joy.” It is not certain if this refers to individual homes or to places where parties and celebrations were held.

[32:13]  ⁷ sn This same phrase is used in 22:2.

[36:1]  ⁷ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[36:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “that the Lord might rescue Jerusalem from my hand?” The logic runs as follows: Since no god has ever been able to withstand the Assyrian onslaught, how can the people of Jerusalem possibly think the Lord will rescue them?

[37:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, annihilating them.”

[37:11]  ¹² tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”

[37:25]  ¹³ tc The Hebrew text has simply, “I dug and drank water.” But the parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:24 has “foreign waters.” זָרִים (zarim, “foreign”) may have accidentally dropped out of the Isaianic text by homoioteleuton (cf. NCV, NIV, NLT). Note that the preceding word, מַיִם (mayim, “water) also ends in mem (ם). The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has “foreign waters” for this line. However, in several other passages the 1QIsa^a scroll harmonizes with 2 Kgs 19 against the MT (Isa 36:5; 37:9, 20). Since the addition of “foreign” to this text in Isaiah by a later scribe would be more likely than its deletion, the MT reading should be accepted.

[38:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he has spoken and he has acted.”

[38:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “because of the bitterness of my soul.”

[45:7]  ¹⁷ tn The words “I am” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text the participle at the beginning of v. 7 stands in apposition to “the Lord” in v. 6.

[45:7]  ¹⁸ tn On the surface v. 7a appears to describe God’s sovereign control over the cycle of day and night, but the following statement suggests that “light” and “darkness” symbolize “deliverance” and “judgment.”

[45:7]  ¹⁹ sn This verses affirms that God is ultimately sovereign over his world, including mankind and nations. In accordance with his sovereign will, he can cause wars to cease and peace to predominate (as he was about to do for his exiled people through Cyrus), or he can bring disaster and judgment on nations (as he was about to do to Babylon through Cyrus).

[45:12]  ¹⁹ tn The words “who live” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:12]  ²⁰ tn Heb “I, even my hands”; NASB “I stretched out…with My hands”; NRSV “it was my hands that stretched out.” The same construction occurs at the beginning of v. 13.

[45:12]  ²¹ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[45:12]  ²² tn Heb “and to all their host I commanded.” See the notes at 40:26.

[62:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “which the mouth of the Lord will designate.”

[62:6]  ²³ sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.

[62:6]  ²⁴ tn Heb “all day and all night continually they do not keep silent.” The following lines suggest that they pray for the Lord’s intervention and restoration of the city.

[62:6]  ²⁵ tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”