Isaiah 12:3

12:3 Joyfully you will draw water

from the springs of deliverance. ¹ 

Isaiah 12:2

12:2 Look, God is my deliverer! ² 

I will trust in him ³  and not fear.

For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; ⁴ 

he has become my deliverer.” ⁵ 

Isaiah 33:2

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

Give us strength each morning! ⁶ 

Deliver us when distress comes. ⁷ 

Isaiah 33:6

33:6 He is your constant source of stability; ⁸ 

he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; ⁹ 

he gives all this to those who fear him. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 59:11

59:11 We all growl like bears,

we coo mournfully like doves;

we wait for deliverance, ¹¹  but there is none,

for salvation, but it is far from us.

Isaiah 25:9

25:9 At that time they will say, ¹² 

“Look, here ¹³  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ¹⁴  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Isaiah 26:1

Judah Will Celebrate

26:1 At that time ¹⁵  this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city!

The Lord’s ¹⁶  deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure. ¹⁷ 

Isaiah 26:18

26:18 We were pregnant, we strained,

we gave birth, as it were, to wind. ¹⁸ 

We cannot produce deliverance on the earth;

people to populate the world are not born. ¹⁹ 

Isaiah 49:8

49:8 This is what the Lord says:

“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you;

in the day of deliverance I will help you;

I will protect you ²⁰  and make you a covenant mediator for people, ²¹ 

to rebuild ²²  the land ²³ 

and to reassign the desolate property.

Isaiah 51:8

51:8 For a moth will eat away at them like clothes;

a clothes moth will devour them like wool.

But the vindication I provide ²⁴  will be permanent;

the deliverance I give will last.”

Isaiah 52:7

52:7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains ²⁵ 

the feet of a messenger who announces peace,

a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” ²⁶ 

Isaiah 52:10

52:10 The Lord reveals ²⁷  his royal power ²⁸ 

in the sight of all the nations;

the entire ²⁹  earth sees

our God deliver. ³⁰ 

Isaiah 56:1

The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter

56:1 This is what the Lord says,

“Promote ³¹  justice! Do what is right!

For I am ready to deliver you;

I am ready to vindicate you openly. ³² 

Isaiah 59:17

59:17 He wears his desire for justice ³³  like body armor, ³⁴ 

and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. ³⁵ 

He puts on the garments of vengeance ³⁶ 

and wears zeal like a robe.

Isaiah 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ³⁷  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ³⁸  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

Isaiah 62:1

The Lord Takes Delight in Zion

62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;

for the sake of Jerusalem ³⁹  I will not be quiet,

until her vindication shines brightly ⁴⁰ 

and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

Isaiah 49:6

49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,

to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,

and restore the remnant ⁴¹  of Israel? ⁴² 

I will make you a light to the nations, ⁴³ 

so you can bring ⁴⁴  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Isaiah 51:6

51:6 Look up at the sky!

Look at the earth below!

For the sky will dissipate ⁴⁵  like smoke,

and the earth will wear out like clothes;

its residents will die like gnats.

But the deliverance I give ⁴⁶  is permanent;

the vindication I provide ⁴⁷  will not disappear. ⁴⁸ 

[12:3]  ¹ tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions, e.g., KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); CEV “victory.”

[12:2]  ² tn Or “salvation” (KJV, NIV, NRSV).

[12:2]  ³ tn The words “in him” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:2]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text has, “for my strength and protection [is] the Lord, the Lord (Heb “Yah, Yahweh).” The word יְהוָה (yehvah) is probably dittographic or explanatory here (note that the short form of the name [יָהּ, yah] precedes, and that the graphically similar וַיְהִי [vayÿhi] follows). Exod 15:2, the passage from which the words of v. 2b are taken, has only יָהּ. The word זִמְרָת (zimrat) is traditionally understood as meaning “song,” in which case one might translate, “for the Lord gives me strength and joy” (i.e., a reason to sing); note that in v. 5 the verb זָמַר (zamar, “sing”) appears. Many recent commentators, however, have argued that the noun is here instead a homonym, meaning “protection” or “strength.” See HALOT 274 s.v. III *זמר.

[12:2]  ⁵ tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions, e.g., KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “my savior.”

[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.”

[33:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he is the stability of your times.”

[33:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “a rich store of deliverance, wisdom, and knowledge.”

[33:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “the fear of the Lord, it is his treasure.”

[59:11]  ⁵ tn See the note at v. 9.

[25:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

[25:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “this [one].”

[25:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “this [one].”

[26:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “In that day” (so KJV).

[26:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “deliverance he makes walls and a rampart.”

[26:18]  ⁸ tn On the use of כְּמוֹ (kÿmo, “like, as”) here, see BDB 455 s.v. Israel’s distress and suffering, likened here to the pains of childbirth, seemed to be for no purpose. A woman in labor endures pain with the hope that a child will be born; in Israel’s case no such positive outcome was apparent. The nation was like a woman who strains to bring forth a child, but can’t push the baby through to daylight. All her effort produces nothing.

[26:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the inhabitants of the world do not fall.” The term נָפַל (nafal) apparently means here, “be born,” though the Qal form of the verb is not used with this nuance anywhere else in the OT. (The Hiphil appears to be used in the sense of “give birth” in v. 19, however.) The implication of verse 18b seems to be that Israel hoped its suffering would somehow end in deliverance and an increase in population. The phrase “inhabitants of the world” seems to refer to the human race in general, but the next verse, which focuses on Israel’s dead, suggests the referent may be more limited.

[49:8]  ⁹ tn The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצָר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצָר (yatsar, “form”).

[49:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. Here עָם (’am, “people”) appears to refer to Israel. See the note at 42:6.

[49:8]  ¹¹ tn The Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “arise”) is probably used here in the sense of “rebuild.”

[49:8]  ¹² tn The “land” probably stands by metonymy for the ruins within it.

[51:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my vindication”; many English versions “my righteousness”; NRSV, TEV “my deliverance”; CEV “my victory.”

[52:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “How delightful on the mountains.”

[52:7]  ¹² tn Or “has become king.” When a new king was enthroned, his followers would give this shout. For other examples of this enthronement formula (Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָלַךְ [malakh], followed by the name of the king), see 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kgs 1:11, 13, 18; 2 Kgs 9:13. The Lord is an eternal king, but here he is pictured as a victorious warrior who establishes his rule from Zion.

[52:10]  ¹² tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”

[52:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.

[52:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.

[52:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.

[56:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “guard”; KJV “Keep”; NAB “Observe”; NASB “Preserve”; NIV, NRSV “Maintain.”

[56:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for near is my deliverance to enter, and my vindication [or “righteousness”] to be revealed.”

[59:17]  ¹⁴ tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “goodness.”

[59:17]  ¹⁵ tn Or “a breastplate” (traditional; so many English versions); TEV “a coat of armour.”

[59:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and [as] a helmet deliverance on his head.”

[59:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and he puts on the clothes of vengeance [as] a garment.”

[60:18]  ¹⁵ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[60:18]  ¹⁶ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[62:1]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[62:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”

[49:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

[49:6]  ¹⁸ sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.

[49:6]  ¹⁹ tn See the note at 42:6.

[49:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”

[51:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “will be torn in pieces.” The perfect indicates the certitude of the event, from the Lord’s rhetorical perspective.

[51:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “my deliverance.” The same Hebrew word can also be translated “salvation” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); cf. CEV “victory.”

[51:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”].”

[51:6]  ²¹ tn Heb “will not be shattered [or “dismayed”].”