Isaiah 17:1

The Lord Will Judge Damascus

17:1 Here is a message about Damascus:

“Look, Damascus is no longer a city,

it is a heap of ruins!

Isaiah 24:1

The Lord Will Judge the Earth

24:1 Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth

and leave it in ruins;

he will mar its surface

and scatter its inhabitants.

Isaiah 64:3

64:3 When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, ¹ 

you came down, and the mountains trembled ²  before you.

Isaiah 65:6

65:6 Look, I have decreed: ³ 

I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;

I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, ⁴ 

Isaiah 65:17

65:17 For look, I am ready to create

new heavens and a new earth! ⁵ 

The former ones ⁶  will not be remembered;

no one will think about them anymore. ⁷ 

[64:3]  ¹ tn Heb “[for which] we were not waiting.”

[64:3]  ² tn See the note at v. 1.

[65:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, it is written before me.”

[65:6]  ² tn Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”

[65:17]  ¹ sn This hyperbolic statement likens the coming transformation of Jerusalem (see vv. 18-19) to a new creation of the cosmos.

[65:17]  ² tn Or perhaps, “the former things” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “The events of the past.”

[65:17]  ³ tn Heb “and they will not come up on the mind.”