Isaiah 19:12

19:12 But where, oh where, are your wise men? ¹ 

Let them tell you, let them find out

what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt.

Isaiah 19:21

19:21 The Lord will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they ²  will acknowledge the Lord’s authority ³  at that time. ⁴  They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and fulfill them.

Isaiah 37:20

37:20 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.” ⁵ 

Isaiah 41:20

41:20 I will do this so ⁶  people ⁷  will observe and recognize,

so they will pay attention and understand

that the Lord’s power ⁸  has accomplished this,

and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.” ⁹ 

Isaiah 49:26

49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;

they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. ¹⁰ 

Then all humankind ¹¹  will recognize that

I am the Lord, your deliverer,

your protector, ¹²  the powerful ruler of Jacob.” ¹³ 

[19:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Where are they? Where are your wise men?” The juxtaposition of the interrogative pronouns is emphatic. See HALOT 38 s.v. אֶי.

[19:21]  ² tn Heb “Egypt.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, the present translation uses the pronoun (“they”) here.

[19:21]  ³ tn Heb “will know the Lord.”

[19:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV), likewise at the beginning of vv. 23 and 24.

[37:20]  ³ tn The parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:19 reads, “that you, Lord, are the only God.”

[41:20]  ⁴ tn The words “I will do this” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text has here simply, “in order that.”

[41:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; NAB, NRSV “that all may see”; CEV, NLT “Everyone will see.”

[41:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[41:20]  ⁷ tn Or “created it” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “has made it happen.”

[49:26]  ⁵ sn Verse 26a depicts siege warfare and bloody defeat. The besieged enemy will be so starved they will their own flesh. The bloodstained bodies lying on the blood-soaked battle site will look as if they collapsed in drunkenness.

[49:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB).

[49:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[49:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.” See 1:24.