Isaiah 16:12

16:12 When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, ¹ 

and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective! ² 

Isaiah 29:10

29:10 For the Lord has poured out on you

a strong urge to sleep deeply. ³ 

He has shut your eyes (the prophets),

and covered your heads (the seers).

Isaiah 32:11

32:11 Tremble, you complacent ones!

Shake with fear, you carefree ones!

Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves –

put sackcloth on your waist! ⁴ 

Isaiah 33:18

33:18 Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, ⁵ 

and you will ask yourselves, ⁶  “Where is the scribe?

Where is the one who weighs the money?

Where is the one who counts the towers?” ⁷ 

Isaiah 36:5

36:5 Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. ⁸  In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

Isaiah 36:9

36:9 Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen. ⁹ 

Isaiah 45:12

45:12 I made the earth,

I created the people who live ¹⁰  on it.

It was me – my hands ¹¹  stretched out the sky, ¹² 

I give orders to all the heavenly lights. ¹³ 

Isaiah 51:5

51:5 I am ready to vindicate, ¹⁴ 

I am ready to deliver, ¹⁵ 

I will establish justice among the nations. ¹⁶ 

The coastlands ¹⁷  wait patiently for me;

they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. ¹⁸ 

Isaiah 59:4

59:4 No one is concerned about justice; ¹⁹ 

no one sets forth his case truthfully.

They depend on false words ²⁰  and tell lies;

they conceive of oppression ²¹ 

and give birth to sin.

[16:12]  ¹ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[16:12]  ² tn Heb “when he appears, when he grows tired, Moab on the high places, and enters his temple to pray, he will not prevail.” It is possible that “when he grows tired” is an explanatory gloss for the preceding “when he appears.”

[29:10]  ³ tn Heb “a disposition [or “spirit”] of deep sleep.” Through this mixed metaphor (sleep is likened to a liquid which one pours and in turn symbolizes spiritual dullness) the prophet emphasizes that God himself has given the people over to their spiritual insensitivity as a form of judgment.

[32:11]  ⁵ tn The imperatival forms in v. 11 are problematic. The first (חִרְדוּ, khirdu, “tremble”) is masculine plural in form, though spoken to a feminine plural addressee (שַׁאֲנַנּוֹת, sha’anannot, “complacent ones”). The four imperatival forms that follow (רְגָזָה, rÿgazah, “shake with fear”; פְּשֹׁטָה, pÿshotah, “strip off your clothes”; עֹרָה, ’orah, “expose yourselves”; and חֲגוֹרָה, khagorah, “put on”) all appear to be lengthened (so-called “emphatic”) masculine singular forms, even though they too appear to be spoken to a feminine plural addressee. GKC 131-32 §48.i suggests emending חִרְדוּ (khirdu) to חֲרָדָה (kharadah) and understanding all five imperatives as feminine plural “aramaized” forms.

[33:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “your heart will meditate on terror.”

[33:18]  ⁸ tn The words “and you will ask yourselves” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

[33:18]  ⁹ sn The people refer to various Assyrian officials who were responsible for determining the amount of taxation or tribute Judah must pay to the Assyrian king.

[36:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “you say only a word of lips, counsel and might for battle.” Sennacherib’s message appears to be in broken Hebrew at this point. The phrase “word of lips” refers to mere or empty talk in Prov 14:23.

[36:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “How can you turn back the face of an official [from among] the least of my master’s servants and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?” In vv. 8-9 the chief adviser develops further the argument begun in v. 6. His reasoning seems to be as follows: “In your weakened condition you obviously need military strength. Agree to the king’s terms and I will personally give you more horses than you are capable of outfitting. If I, a mere minor official, am capable of giving you such military might, just think what power the king has. There is no way the Egyptians can match our strength. It makes much better sense to deal with us.”

[45:12]  ¹³ tn The words “who live” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I, even my hands”; NASB “I stretched out…with My hands”; NRSV “it was my hands that stretched out.” The same construction occurs at the beginning of v. 13.

[45:12]  ¹⁵ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[45:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and to all their host I commanded.” See the notes at 40:26.

[51:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”] is near.”

[51:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “my deliverance goes forth.”

[51:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and my arms will judge [on behalf of] nations.”

[51:5]  ¹⁸ tn Or “islands” (NIV); TEV “Distant lands.”

[51:5]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “for my arm” (so NIV, NRSV).

[59:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”

[59:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”

[59:4]  ¹⁹ tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”