Isaiah 19:8

19:8 The fishermen will mourn and lament,

all those who cast a fishhook into the river,

and those who spread out a net on the water’s surface will grieve. ¹ 

Isaiah 41:4

41:4 Who acts and carries out decrees? ² 

Who ³  summons the successive generations from the beginning?

I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning,

and at the very end – I am the one. ⁴ 

Isaiah 45:4

45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,

Israel, my chosen one,

I call you by name

and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize ⁵  me.

Isaiah 59:16

The Lord Intervenes

59:16 He sees there is no advocate; ⁶ 

he is shocked ⁷  that no one intervenes.

So he takes matters into his own hands; ⁸ 

his desire for justice drives him on. ⁹ 

[19:8]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “will disappear”; cf. TEV “will be useless.”

[41:4]  ² tn Heb “Who acts and accomplishes?”; NASB “Who has performed and accomplished it.”

[41:4]  ³ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[41:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “I, the Lord, [am with] the first, and with the last ones I [am] he.”

[45:4]  ³ tn Or “know” (NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT); NIV “acknowledge.”

[59:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “man” (so KJV, ASV); TEV “no one to help.”

[59:16]  ⁵ tn Or “appalled” (NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “disgusted.”

[59:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “and his arm delivers for him.”

[59:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “and his justice [or “righteousness”] supports him.”