Isaiah 16:13

16:13 This is the message the Lord previously announced about Moab.

Isaiah 35:5

35:5 Then blind eyes will open,

deaf ears will hear.

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.’

Isaiah 33:23

33:23 Though at this time your ropes are slack, ¹¹ 

the mast is not secured, ¹² 

and the sail ¹³  is not unfurled,

at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; ¹⁴ 

even the lame will drag off plunder. ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 35:6

35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer,

the mute tongue will shout for joy;

for water will flow ¹⁶  in the desert,

streams in the wilderness. ¹⁷ 

Isaiah 44:8

44:8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! ¹⁸ 

Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it?

You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me?

There is no other sheltering rock; ¹⁹  I know of none.

Isaiah 48:5

48:5 I announced them to you beforehand;

before they happened, I predicted them for you,

so you could never say,

‘My image did these things,

my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’

Isaiah 58:8-9

58:8 Then your light will shine like the sunrise; ²⁰ 

your restoration will quickly arrive; ²¹ 

your godly behavior ²²  will go before you,

and the Lord’s splendor will be your rear guard. ²³ 

58:9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;

you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’

You must ²⁴  remove the burdensome yoke from among you

and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

Isaiah 58:14

58:14 Then you will find joy in your relationship to the Lord, ²⁵ 

and I will give you great prosperity, ²⁶ 

and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” ²⁷ 

Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. ²⁸ 

Isaiah 60:5

60:5 Then you will look and smile, ²⁹ 

you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. ³⁰ 

For the riches of distant lands ³¹  will belong to you

and the wealth of nations will come to you.

Isaiah 45:21

45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! ³² 

Let them consult with one another!

Who predicted this in the past?

Who announced it beforehand?

Was it not I, the Lord?

I have no peer, there is no God but me,

a God who vindicates and delivers; ³³ 

there is none but me.

Isaiah 48:8

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand. ³⁴ 

For I know that you are very deceitful; ³⁵ 

you were labeled ³⁶  a rebel from birth.

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

[41:1]  ² 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]  ¹ tn Heb “the former things beforehand I declared.”

[48:3]  ² tn Heb “and from my mouth they came forth and I caused them to be heard.”

[48:7]  ¹ tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”

[48:7]  ² tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”

[33:23]  ¹ tn The words “though at this time” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The first half of the verse is addressed to Judah and contrasts the nation’s present weakness with its future prosperity. Judah is compared to a ship that is incapable of sailing.

[33:23]  ² tn Heb “they do not fasten the base of their mast.” On כֵּן (ken, “base”) see BDB 487 s.v. III כֵּן and HALOT 483 s.v. III כֵּן.

[33:23]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “flag.”

[33:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “then there will be divided up loot of plunder [in] abundance.”

[33:23]  ⁵ sn Judah’s victory over its enemies will be so thorough there will be more than enough plunder for everyone, even slow-moving lame men who would normally get left out in the rush to gather the loot.

[35:6]  ¹ tn Heb “burst forth” (so NAB); KJV “break out.”

[35:6]  ² tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT “desert.”

[44:8]  ¹ tn BDB 923 s.v. רָהָה derives this verb from an otherwise unattested root, while HALOT 403 s.v. יָרָה defines it as “be stupefied” on the basis of an Arabic cognate. The form is likely a corruption of תיראו, the reading attested in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a.

[44:8]  ² tn Heb “rock” or “rocky cliff,” a title that depicts God as a protective refuge in his role as sovereign king; thus the translation “sheltering rock.”

[58:8]  ¹ tn Heb “will burst out like the dawn.”

[58:8]  ² tn Heb “prosper”; KJV “spring forth speedily.”

[58:8]  ³ tn Or “righteousness.” Their godly behavior will be on display for all to see.

[58:8]  ⁴ sn The nation will experience God’s protective presence.

[58:9]  ¹ tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b-10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.

[58:14]  ¹ tn For a parallel use of the phrase “find joy in” (Hitpael of עָנַג [’anag] followed by the preposition עַל [’al]), see Ps 37:4.

[58:14]  ² tn Heb “and I will cause you to ride upon the heights of the land.” The statement seems to be an allusion to Deut 32:13, where it is associated, as here, with God’s abundant provision of food.

[58:14]  ³ tn Heb “and I will cause you to eat the inheritance of Jacob your father.” The Hebrew term נַחֲלָה (nakhalah) likely stands by metonymy for the crops that grow on Jacob’s “inheritance” (i.e., the land he inherited as a result of God’s promise).

[58:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” The introductory כִּי (ki) may be asseverative (as reflected in the translation) or causal/explanatory, explaining why the preceding promise will become reality (because it is guaranteed by the divine word).

[60:5]  ¹ tn Or “shine,” or “be radiant” (NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[60:5]  ² tn Heb “and it will tremble and be wide, your heart.”

[60:5]  ³ tn Heb “the wealth of the sea,” i.e., wealth that is transported from distant lands via the sea.

[45:21]  ¹ tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.

[45:21]  ² tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”

[48:8]  ¹ tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

[48:8]  ² tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[48:8]  ³ tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).