Isaiah 17:10

17:10 For you ignore ¹  the God who rescues you;

you pay no attention to your strong protector. ² 

So this is what happens:

You cultivate beautiful plants

and plant exotic vines. ³ 

Isaiah 23:15

23:15 At that time ⁴  Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, ⁵  the typical life span of a king. ⁶  At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song: ⁷ 

Isaiah 65:11

65:11 But as for you who abandon the Lord

and forget about worshiping at ⁸  my holy mountain,

who prepare a feast for the god called ‘Fortune,’ ⁹ 

and fill up wine jugs for the god called ‘Destiny’ ¹⁰  –

Isaiah 65:16

65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth ¹¹ 

will do so in the name of the faithful God; ¹² 

whoever makes an oath in the earth

will do so in the name of the faithful God. ¹³ 

For past problems will be forgotten;

I will no longer think about them. ¹⁴ 

[17:10]  ¹ tn Heb “you have forgotten” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[17:10]  ² tn Heb “and the rocky cliff of your strength you do not remember.”

[17:10]  ³ tn Heb “a vine, a strange one.” The substantival adjective זָר (zar) functions here as an appositional genitive. It could refer to a cultic plant of some type, associated with a pagan rite. But it is more likely that it refers to an exotic, or imported, type of vine, one that is foreign (i.e., “strange”) to Israel.

[23:15]  ⁴ tn Or “in that day” (KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[23:15]  ⁵ sn The number seventy is probably used in a stereotypical, nonliteral sense here to indicate a long period of time that satisfies completely the demands of God’s judgment.

[23:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “like the days of a king.”

[23:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “At the end of seventy years it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute.”

[65:11]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has simply, “forget.” The words “about worshiping at” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[65:11]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew has לַגַּד (laggad, “for Gad”), the name of a pagan deity. See HALOT 176 s.v. II גַּד 2.

[65:11]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew has לַמְנִי (lamni, “for Meni”), the name of a pagan deity. See HALOT 602 s.v. מְגִי.

[65:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.

[65:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ¹² tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”