Isaiah 13:10

13:10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations

no longer give out their light; ¹ 

the sun is darkened as soon as it rises,

and the moon does not shine. ² 

Isaiah 14:29

14:29 Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines,

just because the club that beat you has been broken! ³ 

For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root,

and its fruit will be a darting adder. ⁴ 

Isaiah 30:22

30:22 You will desecrate your silver-plated idols ⁵ 

and your gold-plated images. ⁶ 

You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag,

saying to them, “Get out!”

Isaiah 36:3

36:3 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet him.

Isaiah 37:9

37:9 The king ⁷  heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia ⁸  was marching out to fight him. ⁹  He again sent ¹⁰  messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

Isaiah 37:36

37:36 The Lord’s messenger ¹¹  went out and killed 185,000 troops ¹²  in the Assyrian camp. When they ¹³  got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses! ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 42:1

The Lord Commissions His Special Servant

42:1 ¹⁵ “Here is my servant whom I support,

my chosen one in whom I take pleasure.

I have placed my spirit on him;

he will make just decrees ¹⁶  for the nations. ¹⁷ 

Isaiah 42:13

42:13 The Lord emerges like a hero,

like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; ¹⁸ 

he shouts, yes, he yells,

he shows his enemies his power. ¹⁹ 

Isaiah 45:23

45:23 I solemnly make this oath ²⁰  –

what I say is true and reliable: ²¹ 

‘Surely every knee will bow to me,

every tongue will solemnly affirm; ²² 

Isaiah 51:4-5

51:4 Pay attention to me, my people!

Listen to me, my people!

For ²³  I will issue a decree, ²⁴ 

I will make my justice a light to the nations. ²⁵ 

51:5 I am ready to vindicate, ²⁶ 

I am ready to deliver, ²⁷ 

I will establish justice among the nations. ²⁸ 

The coastlands ²⁹  wait patiently for me;

they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. ³⁰ 

Isaiah 52:12

52:12 Yet do not depart quickly

or leave in a panic. ³¹ 

For the Lord goes before you;

the God of Israel is your rear guard.

Isaiah 54:16

54:16 Look, I create the craftsman,

who fans the coals into a fire

and forges a weapon. ³² 

I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

Isaiah 55:12

55:12 Indeed you will go out with joy;

you will be led along in peace;

the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you,

and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

Isaiah 61:11--62:1

61:11 For just as the ground produces its crops

and a garden yields its produce,

so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance ³³  to grow,

and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. ³⁴ 

The Lord Takes Delight in Zion

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

for the sake of Jerusalem ³⁵  I will not be quiet,

until her vindication shines brightly ³⁶ 

and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

Isaiah 66:24

66:24 “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, ³⁷  and the fire that consumes them will not die out. ³⁸  All people will find the sight abhorrent.” ³⁹ 

[13:10]  ¹ tn Heb “do not flash forth their light.”

[13:10]  ² tn Heb “does not shed forth its light.”

[14:29]  ³ sn The identity of this “club” (also referred to as a “serpent” in the next line) is uncertain. It may refer to an Assyrian king, or to Ahaz. For discussion see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:331-32. The viper/adder referred to in the second half of the verse is his successor.

[14:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “flying burning one.” The designation “burning one” may allude to the serpent’s appearance or the effect of its poisonous bite. (See the note at 6:2.) The qualifier “flying” probably refers to the serpent’s quick, darting movements, though one might propose a homonym here, meaning “biting.” (See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 1:332, n. 18.) Some might think in terms of a mythological flying, fire breathing dragon (cf. NAB “a flying saraph”; CEV “a flying fiery dragon”), but this proposal does not make good sense in 30:6, where the phrase “flying burning one” appears again in a list of desert animals.

[30:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “the platings of your silver idols.”

[30:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “the covering of your gold image.”

[37:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “Cush” (so NASB); NIV, NCV “the Cushite king of Egypt.”

[37:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘He has come out to fight with you.’”

[37:9]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has, “and he heard and he sent,” but the parallel in 2 Kgs 19:9 has וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַח (vayyashav vayyishlakh, “and he returned and he sent”), i.e., “he again sent.”

[37:36]  ⁹ tn Traditionally, “the angel of the Lord” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[37:36]  ¹⁰ tn The word “troops” is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity.

[37:36]  ¹¹ tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.

[37:36]  ¹² tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies”; NLT “they found corpses everywhere.”

[42:1]  ¹¹ sn Verses 1-7 contain the first of Isaiah’s “servant songs,” which describe the ministry of a special, ideal servant who accomplishes God’s purposes for Israel and the nations. This song depicts the servant as a just king who brings justice to the earth and relief for the oppressed. The other songs appear in 49:1-13; 50:4-11; and 52:13-53:12.

[42:1]  ¹² tn Heb “he will bring out justice” (cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[42:1]  ¹³ sn Like the ideal king portrayed in Isa 11:1-9, the servant is energized by the divine spirit and establishes justice on the earth.

[42:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “like a man of war he stirs up zeal” (NIV similar).

[42:13]  ¹⁴ tn Or perhaps, “he triumphs over his enemies” (cf. NIV); NLT “will crush all his enemies.”

[45:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”

[45:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”

[45:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”

[51:4]  ¹⁷ tn Or “certainly.”

[51:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “instruction [or “a law”] will go out from me.”

[51:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and my justice for a light to the nations I will cause to rest.”

[51:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”] is near.”

[51:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “my deliverance goes forth.”

[51:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “and my arms will judge [on behalf of] nations.”

[51:5]  ²² tn Or “islands” (NIV); TEV “Distant lands.”

[51:5]  ²³ tn Heb “for my arm” (so NIV, NRSV).

[52:12]  ²¹ tn Heb “or go in flight”; NAB “leave in headlong flight.”

[54:16]  ²³ tn Heb “who brings out an implement for his work.”

[61:11]  ²⁵ tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).

[61:11]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”

[62:1]  ²⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[62:1]  ²⁸ tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”

[66:24]  ²⁹ tn Heb “for their worm will not die.”

[66:24]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and their fire will not be extinguished.”

[66:24]  ³¹ tn Heb “and they will be an abhorrence to all flesh.”