Isaiah 15:5

15:5 My heart cries out because of Moab’s plight, ¹ 

and for the fugitives ²  stretched out ³  as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah.

For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith;

they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim. ⁴ 

Isaiah 29:13

29:13 The sovereign master ⁵  says,

“These people say they are loyal to me; ⁶ 

they say wonderful things about me, ⁷ 

but they are not really loyal to me. ⁸ 

Their worship consists of

nothing but man-made ritual. ⁹ 

Isaiah 32:6

32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; ¹⁰ 

his mind plans out sinful deeds. ¹¹ 

He commits godless deeds ¹² 

and says misleading things about the Lord;

he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite ¹³ 

and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 38:3

38:3 “Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you ¹⁵  faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, ¹⁶  and how I have carried out your will.” ¹⁷  Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. ¹⁸ 

Isaiah 40:2

40:2 “Speak kindly to ¹⁹  Jerusalem, ²⁰  and tell her

that her time of warfare is over, ²¹ 

that her punishment is completed. ²² 

For the Lord has made her pay double ²³  for all her sins.”

Isaiah 44:19

44:19 No one thinks to himself,

nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:

‘I burned half of it in the fire –

yes, I baked bread over the coals;

I roasted meat and ate it.

With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol?

Should I bow down to dry wood?’ ²⁴ 

Isaiah 57:11

57:11 Whom are you worried about?

Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully

and not remember me

or think about me? ²⁵ 

Because I have been silent for so long, ²⁶ 

you are not afraid of me. ²⁷ 

Isaiah 57:15

57:15 For this is what the high and exalted one says,

the one who rules ²⁸  forever, whose name is holy:

“I dwell in an exalted and holy place,

but also with the discouraged and humiliated, ²⁹ 

in order to cheer up the humiliated

and to encourage the discouraged. ³⁰ 

Isaiah 61:1

The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People

61:1 The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me,

because the Lord has chosen ³¹  me. ³² 

He has commissioned ³³  me to encourage ³⁴  the poor,

to help ³⁵  the brokenhearted,

to decree the release of captives,

and the freeing of prisoners,

[15:5]  ¹ tn Heb “for Moab.” For rhetorical purposes the speaker (the Lord?, see v. 9) plays the role of a mourner.

[15:5]  ² tn The vocalization of the Hebrew text suggests “the bars of her gates,” but the form should be repointed to yield, “her fugitives.” See HALOT 156-57 s.v. בָּרִחַ, and BDB 138 s.v. בָּרִיהַ.

[15:5]  ³ tn The words “are stretched out” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “For the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it; for [on] the road to Horonaim an outcry over shattering they raise up.”

[29:13]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).

[29:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “Because these people draw near to me with their mouth.”

[29:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “and with their lips they honor me.”

[29:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “but their heart is far from me.” The heart is viewed here as the seat of the will, from which genuine loyalty derives.

[29:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught.”

[32:6]  ⁹ tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.

[32:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”

[32:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”

[32:6]  ¹² tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”

[32:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”

[38:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “walked before you.” For a helpful discussion of the background and meaning of this Hebrew idiom, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 254.

[38:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and with a complete heart”; KJV, ASV “with a perfect heart.”

[38:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and that which is good in your eyes I have done.”

[38:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “wept with great weeping”; NCV “cried loudly”; TEV “began to cry bitterly.”

[40:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “speak to the heart of Jerusalem.” Jerusalem is personified as a woman.

[40:2]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[40:2]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “that she is filled [with] her warfare.” Some understand צָבָא (tsavah, “warfare”) as meaning “hard service” or “compulsory labor” in this context.

[40:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “that her punishment is accepted [as satisfactory].”

[40:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “for she has received from the hand of the Lord double.” The principle of the double portion in punishment is also seen in Jer 16:18; 17:18 and Rev 18:6. For examples of the double portion in Israelite law, see Exod 22:4, 7, 9 (double restitution by a thief) and Deut 21:17 (double inheritance portion for the firstborn).

[44:19]  ²¹ tn There is no formal interrogative sign here, but the context seems to indicate these are rhetorical questions. See GKC 473 §150.a.

[57:11]  ²⁵ tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”

[57:11]  ²⁶ tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”

[57:11]  ²⁷ sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.

[57:15]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the one who dwells forever.” שֹׁכֵן עַד (shokhen ’ad) is sometimes translated “the one who lives forever,” and understood as a reference to God’s eternal existence. However, the immediately preceding and following descriptions (“high and exalted” and “holy”) emphasize his sovereign rule. In the next line, he declares, “I dwell in an exalted and holy [place],” which refers to the place from which he rules. Therefore it is more likely that שֹׁכֵן עַד (shokhen ’ad) means “I dwell [in my lofty palace] forever” and refers to God’s eternal kingship.

[57:15]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and also with the crushed and lowly of spirit.” This may refer to the repentant who have humbled themselves (see 66:2) or more generally to the exiles who have experienced discouragement and humiliation.

[57:15]  ³¹ tn Heb “to restore the lowly of spirit and to restore the heart of the crushed.”

[61:1]  ³³ tn Heb “anointed,” i.e., designated to carry out an assigned task.

[61:1]  ³⁴ sn The speaker is not identified, but he is distinct from the Lord and from Zion’s suffering people. He possesses the divine spirit, is God’s spokesman, and is sent to release prisoners from bondage. The evidence suggests he is the Lord’s special servant, described earlier in the servant songs (see 42:1-4, 7; 49:2, 9; 50:4; see also 51:16).

[61:1]  ³⁵ tn Or “sent” (NAB); NCV “has appointed me.”

[61:1]  ³⁶ tn Or “proclaim good news to.”

[61:1]  ³⁷ tn Heb “to bind up [the wounds of].”