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 45:8

45:8 O sky, rain down from above!

Let the clouds send down showers ⁴  of deliverance!

Let the earth absorb it ⁵  so salvation may grow, ⁶ 

and deliverance may sprout up ⁷  along with it.

I, the Lord, create it. ⁸ 

Isaiah 51:5

51:5 I am ready to vindicate, ⁹ 

I am ready to deliver, ¹⁰ 

I will establish justice among the nations. ¹¹ 

The coastlands ¹²  wait patiently for me;

they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. ¹³ 

Isaiah 62:11

62:11 Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: ¹⁴ 

“Say to Daughter Zion,

‘Look, your deliverer comes!

Look, his reward is with him

and his reward goes before him!’” ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 61:10

61:10 I ¹⁶  will greatly rejoice ¹⁷  in the Lord;

I will be overjoyed because of my God. ¹⁸ 

For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;

he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. ¹⁹ 

I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;

I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry. ²⁰ 

[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.

[45:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “let the clouds drip with”; KJV “let the skies pour down.”

[45:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “open up” (so NASB); NIV, NLT “open wide.”

[45:8]  ⁶ tc The plural verb should be emended to a singular form. The vav (ו) ending is probably virtually dittographic (note the yod at the beginning of the following word).

[45:8]  ⁷ tc The Hiphil verb form (תַצְמִיחַ, tatsmiakh) should probably be emended to a Qal (תִצְמַח, titsmakh). The יח sequence at the end of the form is probably due to dittography (note the following יַחַד, yakhad).

[45:8]  ⁸ tn The masculine singular pronominal suffix probably refers back to יָשַׁע (yasha’, “salvation”).

[51:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”] is near.”

[51:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “my deliverance goes forth.”

[51:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “and my arms will judge [on behalf of] nations.”

[51:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “islands” (NIV); TEV “Distant lands.”

[51:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for my arm” (so NIV, NRSV).

[62:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so NASB, NRSV).

[62:11]  ¹¹ sn As v. 12 indicates, the returning exiles are the Lord’s reward/prize. See also 40:10 and the note there.

[61:10]  ¹³ sn The speaker in vv. 10-11 is not identified, but it is likely that the personified nation (or perhaps Zion) responds here to the Lord’s promise of restoration.

[61:10]  ¹⁴ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[61:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “my being is happy in my God”; NAB “in my God is the joy of my soul.”

[61:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “robe of vindication”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “robe of righteousness.”

[61:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “like a bridegroom [who] acts like a priest [by wearing] a turban, and like a bride [who] wears her jewelry.” The words “I look” are supplied for stylistic reasons and clarification.