Isaiah 14:29

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

just because the club that beat you has been broken! ¹ 

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

and its fruit will be a darting adder. ² 

Isaiah 37:9

37:9 The king ³  heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia ⁴  was marching out to fight him. ⁵  He again sent ⁶  messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

Isaiah 42:13

42:13 The Lord emerges like a hero,

like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; ⁷ 

he shouts, yes, he yells,

he shows his enemies his power. ⁸ 

Isaiah 45:23

45:23 I solemnly make this oath ⁹  –

what I say is true and reliable: ¹⁰ 

‘Surely every knee will bow to me,

every tongue will solemnly affirm; ¹¹ 

Isaiah 51:5

51:5 I am ready to vindicate, ¹² 

I am ready to deliver, ¹³ 

I will establish justice among the nations. ¹⁴ 

The coastlands ¹⁵  wait patiently for me;

they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. ¹⁶ 

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 ¹⁷  I will not be quiet,

until her vindication shines brightly ¹⁸ 

and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

[14:29]  ¹ 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]  ² 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.

[37:9]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “Cush” (so NASB); NIV, NCV “the Cushite king of Egypt.”

[37:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘He has come out to fight with you.’”

[37:9]  ⁶ 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.”

[42:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “like a man of war he stirs up zeal” (NIV similar).

[42:13]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps, “he triumphs over his enemies” (cf. NIV); NLT “will crush all his enemies.”

[45:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”

[45:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”

[45:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”

[51:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”] is near.”

[51:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my deliverance goes forth.”

[51:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and my arms will judge [on behalf of] nations.”

[51:5]  ¹² tn Or “islands” (NIV); TEV “Distant lands.”

[51:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “for my arm” (so NIV, NRSV).

[62:1]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[62:1]  ¹² tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”