Isaiah 13:14

13:14 Like a frightened gazelle ¹ 

or a sheep with no shepherd,

each will turn toward home, ² 

each will run to his homeland.

Isaiah 29:21

29:21 those who bear false testimony against a person, ³ 

who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate ⁴ 

and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. ⁵ 

Isaiah 45:4

45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,

Israel, my chosen one,

I call you by name

and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize ⁶  me.

Isaiah 45:6

45:6 I do this ⁷  so people ⁸  will recognize from east to west

that there is no God but me;

I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Isaiah 56:12

56:12 Each one says, ⁹ 

‘Come on, I’ll get some wine!

Let’s guzzle some beer!

Tomorrow will be just like today!

We’ll have everything we want!’ ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 59:8

59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;

their deeds are unjust. ¹¹ 

They use deceitful methods,

and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. ¹² 

[13:14]  ¹ tn Or “like a gazelle being chased.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[13:14]  ² tn Heb “his people” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “his nation” (cf. TEV “their own countries”).

[29:21]  ³ tn Heb “the ones who make a man a sinner with a word.” The Hiphil of חָטָא (khata’) here has a delocutive sense: “declare a man sinful/guilty.”

[29:21]  ⁴ sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.

[29:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”

[45:4]  ⁵ tn Or “know” (NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT); NIV “acknowledge.”

[45:6]  ⁷ tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”

[56:12]  ⁹ tn The words “each one says” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[56:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “great, [in] abundance, very much,” i.e., “very great indeed.” See HALOT 452 s.v. יֶתֶר.

[59:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”

[59:8]  ¹² tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”