Isaiah 2:3

2:3 many peoples will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,

to the temple of the God of Jacob,

so ¹  he can teach us his requirements, ² 

and ³  we can follow his standards.” ⁴ 

For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; ⁵ 

the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem. ⁶ 

Isaiah 33:15

33:15 The one who lives ⁷  uprightly ⁸ 

and speaks honestly;

the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures

and rejects a bribe; ⁹ 

the one who does not plot violent crimes ¹⁰ 

and does not seek to harm others ¹¹  –

Isaiah 58:13

58:13 You must ¹²  observe the Sabbath ¹³ 

rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. ¹⁴ 

You must look forward to the Sabbath ¹⁵ 

and treat the Lord’s holy day with respect. ¹⁶ 

You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities,

and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals. ¹⁷ 

[2:3]  ¹ tn The prefixed verb form with simple vav (ו) introduces a purpose/result clause after the preceding prefixed verb form (probably to be taken as a cohortative; see IBHS 650 §39.2.2a).

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “his ways.” In this context God’s “ways” are the standards of moral conduct he decrees that people should live by.

[2:3]  ³ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) after the prefixed verb form indicates the ultimate purpose/goal of their action.

[2:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “walk in his ways.”

[2:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “for out of Zion will go instruction.”

[2:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

[33:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).

[33:15]  ⁸ tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”

[33:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”

[33:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”

[33:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”

[58:13]  ¹³ tn Lit., “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 13-14 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in v. 13), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 14.

[58:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “if you turn from the Sabbath your feet.”

[58:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “[from] doing your desires on my holy day.” The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a supplies the preposition מִן (min) on “doing.”

[58:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and call the Sabbath a pleasure”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “a delight.”

[58:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and [call] the holy [day] of the Lord honored.” On קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh, “holy”) as indicating a time period, see BDB 872 s.v. 2.e (cf. also Neh 8:9-11).

[58:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and you honor it [by refraining] from accomplishing your ways, from finding your desire and speaking a word.” It is unlikely that the last phrase (“speaking a word”) is a prohibition against talking on the Sabbath; instead it probably refers to making transactions or plans (see Hos 10:4). Some see here a reference to idle talk (cf. 2 Sam 19:30).