Isaiah 13:18

13:18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; ¹ 

they have no compassion on a person’s offspring, ² 

they will not ³  look with pity on children.

Isaiah 37:23

37:23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?

At whom have you shouted

and looked so arrogantly? ⁴ 

At the Holy One of Israel! ⁵ 

Isaiah 40:10

40:10 Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; ⁶ 

his military power establishes his rule. ⁷ 

Look, his reward is with him;

his prize goes before him. ⁸ 

Isaiah 40:15

40:15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are regarded as dust on the scales.

He lifts ⁹  the coastlands ¹⁰  as if they were dust.

Isaiah 41:12

41:12 When you will look for your opponents, ¹¹  you will not find them;

your enemies ¹²  will be reduced to absolutely nothing.

Isaiah 50:9

50:9 Look, the sovereign Lord helps me.

Who dares to condemn me?

Look, all of them will wear out like clothes;

a moth will eat away at them.

Isaiah 58:4

58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by ¹³  arguments, brawls,

and fistfights. ¹⁴ 

Do not fast as you do today,

trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

Isaiah 59:15

59:15 Honesty has disappeared;

the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed.

The Lord watches and is displeased, ¹⁵ 

for there is no justice.

Isaiah 65:18

65:18 But be happy and rejoice forevermore

over what I am about to create!

For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem ¹⁶  to be a source of joy, ¹⁷ 

and her people to be a source of happiness. ¹⁸ 

[13:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and bows cut to bits young men.” “Bows” stands by metonymy for arrows.

[13:18]  ² tn Heb “the fruit of the womb.”

[13:18]  ³ tn Heb “their eye does not.” Here “eye” is a metonymy for the whole person.

[37:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?” Cf. NIV “lifted your eyes in pride”; NRSV “haughtily lifted your eyes.”

[37:23]  ⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[40:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “comes as a strong one”; ASV “will come as a mighty one.” The preposition בְּ (bet) here carries the nuance “in the capacity of.” It indicates that the Lord possesses the quality expressed by the noun. See GKC 379 §119.i and HALOT 104 s.v. בְּ.

[40:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “his arm rules for him” (so NIV, NRSV). The Lord’s “arm” symbolizes his military power (see Isa 51:9-10; 63:5).

[40:10]  ⁹ tn As the Lord returns to Jerusalem as a victorious warrior, he brings with him the spoils of victory, called here his “reward” and “prize.” These terms might also be translated “wages” and “recompense.” Verse 11 indicates that his rescued people, likened to a flock of sheep, are his reward.

[40:15]  ¹⁰ tn Or “weighs” (NIV); NLT “picks up.”

[40:15]  ¹¹ tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV, NLT).

[41:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “the men of your struggle”; NASB “those who quarrel with you.”

[41:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the men of your battle”; NAB “who do battle with you.”

[58:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”

[58:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”

[59:15]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and it is displeasing in his eyes.”

[65:18]  ²² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[65:18]  ²³ tn Heb “Jerusalem, joy.” The next verse suggests the meaning: The Lord will create Jerusalem to be a source of joy to himself.

[65:18]  ²⁴ tn Heb “her people, happiness.” See the preceding note.