Isaiah 14:1-2

14:1 The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; ¹  he will again choose Israel as his special people ²  and restore ³  them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family ⁴  of Jacob. 14:2 Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord’s land. ⁵  They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.

Isaiah 43:4

43:4 Since you are precious and special in my sight, ⁶ 

and I love you,

I will hand over people in place of you,

nations in place of your life.

Isaiah 52:1-6

52:1 Wake up! Wake up!

Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!

Put on your beautiful clothes,

O Jerusalem, ⁷  holy city!

For uncircumcised and unclean pagans

will no longer invade you.

52:2 Shake off the dirt! ⁸ 

Get up, captive ⁹  Jerusalem!

Take off the iron chains around your neck,

O captive daughter Zion!

52:3 For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and you will not be redeemed for money.”

52:4 For this is what the sovereign Lord says:

“In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt;

Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.

52:5 And now, what do we have here?” ¹⁰  says the Lord.

“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,

those who rule over them taunt,” ¹¹  says the Lord,

“and my name is constantly slandered ¹²  all day long.

52:6 For this reason my people will know my name,

for this reason they will know ¹³  at that time ¹⁴  that I am the one who says,

‘Here I am.’”

Isaiah 55:5

55:5 Look, you will summon nations ¹⁵  you did not previously know;

nations ¹⁶  that did not previously know you will run to you,

because of the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ¹⁷ 

for he bestows honor on you.

Isaiah 57:17

57:17 I was angry because of their sinful greed;

I attacked them and angrily rejected them, ¹⁸ 

yet they remained disobedient and stubborn. ¹⁹ 

Jeremiah 30:19

30:19 Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving ²⁰ 

and the sounds of laughter and merriment.

I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. ²¹ 

I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.

Luke 2:32

2:32 a light, ²² 

for revelation to the Gentiles,

and for glory ²³  to your people Israel.”

[14:1]  ¹ tn The sentence begins with כִּי (ki), which is understood as asseverative (“certainly”) in the translation. Another option is to translate, “For the Lord will have compassion.” In this case one of the reasons for Babylon’s coming demise (13:22b) is the Lord’s desire to restore his people.

[14:1]  ² tn The words “as his special people” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[14:1]  ³ tn Or “settle” (NASB, NIV, NCV, NLT).

[14:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[14:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the house of Jacob will take possession of them [i.e., the nations], on the land of the Lord, as male servants and female servants.”

[43:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “Since you are precious in my eyes and you are honored.”

[52:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[52:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “Shake yourself free from the dirt.”

[52:2]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew text has שְּׂבִי (shÿvi), which some understand as a feminine singular imperative from יָשַׁב (yashav, “sit”). The LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, and the Targum support the MT reading (the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a does indirectly). Some interpret this to mean “take your throne”: The Lord exhorts Jerusalem to get up from the dirt and sit, probably with the idea of sitting in a place of honor (J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:361). However, the form is likely a corruption of שְׁבִיָּה (shÿviyyah, “captive”), which appears in the parallel line.

[52:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”

[52:5]  ¹¹ tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root יָלַל (yalal, “howl”), perhaps here in the sense of “mock.” Some emend the form to יְהוֹלָּלוֹ (yÿhollalo) and understand a Polel form of the root הָלַל meaning here “mock, taunt.”

[52:5]  ¹² tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, ת) from the root נָאַץ (na’ats), but GKC 151-52 §55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.

[52:6]  ¹³ tn The verb is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[52:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[55:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).

[55:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.

[55:5]  ¹⁷ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[57:17]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and I struck him, hiding, and I was angry.” פָּנַיִם (panayim, “face”) is the implied object of “hiding.”

[57:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and he walked [as an] apostate in the way of his heart.”

[30:19]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Out of them will come thanksgiving and a sound of those who are playful.”

[30:19]  ²¹ sn Compare Jer 29:6.

[2:32]  ²² tn The syntax of this verse is disputed. Most read “light” and “glory” in parallelism, so Jesus is a light for revelation to the Gentiles and is glory to the people for Israel. Others see “light” (1:78-79) as a summary, while “revelation” and “glory” are parallel, so Jesus is light for all, but is revelation for the Gentiles and glory for Israel. Both readings make good sense and either could be correct, but Luke 1:78-79 and Acts 26:22-23 slightly favor this second option.

[2:32]  ²³ sn In other words, Jesus is a special cause for praise and honor (“glory”) for the nation.