Isaiah 15:6

15:6 For the waters of Nimrim are gone; ¹ 

the grass is dried up,

the vegetation has disappeared,

and there are no plants.

Isaiah 27:5

27:5 unless they became my subjects ² 

and made peace with me;

let them make peace with me. ³ 

Isaiah 33:11

33:11 You conceive straw, ⁴ 

you give birth to chaff;

your breath is a fire that destroys you. ⁵ 

Isaiah 40:16

40:16 Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; ⁶ 

its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings. ⁷ 

[15:6]  ¹ tn Heb “are waste places”; cf. NRSV “are a desolation.”

[27:5]  ² tn Heb “or let him take hold of my refuge.” The subject of the third masculine singular verb form is uncertain. Apparently the symbolic “thorns and briers” are in view, though in v. 4b a feminine singular pronoun was used to refer to them.

[27:5]  ³ tc The Hebrew text has, “he makes peace with me, peace he makes with me.” Some contend that two alternative readings are preserved here and one should be deleted. The first has the object שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) preceding the verb עָשָׂה (’asah, “make”); the second reverses the order. Another option is to retain both statements, although repetitive, to emphasize the need to make peace with Yahweh.

[33:11]  ³ tn The second person verb and pronominal forms in this verse are plural. The hostile nations are the addressed, as the next verse makes clear.

[33:11]  ⁴ sn The hostile nations’ plans to destroy God’s people will come to nothing; their hostility will end up being self-destructive.

[40:16]  ⁴ tn The words “for a sacrifice” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[40:16]  ⁵ sn The point is that not even the Lebanon forest could supply enough wood and animals for an adequate sacrifice to the Lord.