Isaiah 14:8

14:8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, ¹ 

as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, ² 

‘Since you fell asleep, ³ 

no woodsman comes up to chop us down!’ ⁴ 

Isaiah 41:1

The Lord Challenges the Nations

41:1 “Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! ⁵ 

Let the nations find renewed strength!

Let them approach and then speak;

let us come together for debate! ⁶ 

Isaiah 48:3

48:3 “I announced events beforehand, ⁷ 

I issued the decrees and made the predictions; ⁸ 

suddenly I acted and they came to pass.

Isaiah 48:7

48:7 Now they come into being, ⁹  not in the past;

before today you did not hear about them,

so you could not say,

‘Yes, ¹⁰  I know about them.’

[14:8]  ¹ tn Heb “concerning you.”

[14:8]  ² tn The word “singing” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Note that the personified trees speak in the second half of the verse.

[14:8]  ³ tn Heb “lay down” (in death); cf. NAB “laid to rest.”

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the [wood]cutter does not come up against us.”

[41:1]  ⁵ tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV, CEV); TEV “distant lands”; NLT “lands beyond the sea.”

[41:1]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) could be translated “judgment,” but here it seems to refer to the dispute or debate between the Lord and the nations.

[48:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “the former things beforehand I declared.”

[48:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and from my mouth they came forth and I caused them to be heard.”

[48:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”

[48:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”