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 4:5

4:5 Then the Lord will create

over all of Mount Zion ⁷ 

and over its convocations

a cloud and smoke by day

and a bright flame of fire by night; ⁸ 

indeed a canopy will accompany the Lord’s glorious presence. ⁹ 

Isaiah 5:25

5:25 So the Lord is furious ¹⁰  with his people;

he lifts ¹¹  his hand and strikes them.

The mountains shake,

and corpses lie like manure ¹²  in the middle of the streets.

Despite all this, his anger does not subside,

and his hand is ready to strike again. ¹³ 

Isaiah 10:12

10:12 But when ¹⁴  the sovereign master ¹⁵  finishes judging ¹⁶  Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I ¹⁷  will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays. ¹⁸ 

Isaiah 18:7

18:7 At that time

tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies,

by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned,

a people that are feared far and wide,

a nation strong and victorious,

whose land rivers divide. ¹⁹ 

The tribute ²⁰  will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion. ²¹ 

Isaiah 29:8

29:8 It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating,

only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. ²² 

It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking,

only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. ²³ 

So it will be for the horde from all the nations

that fight against Mount Zion.

Isaiah 30:17

30:17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; ²⁴ 

at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, ²⁵ 

until the remaining few are as isolated ²⁶ 

as a flagpole on a mountaintop

or a signal flag on a hill.”

Isaiah 37:24

37:24 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ²⁷ 

‘With my many chariots I climbed up

the high mountains,

the slopes of Lebanon.

I cut down its tall cedars

and its best evergreens.

I invaded its most remote regions, ²⁸ 

its thickest woods.

Isaiah 40:9

40:9 Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion!

Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! ²⁹ 

Shout, don’t be afraid!

Say to the towns of Judah,

“Here is your God!”

Isaiah 44:23

44:23 Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; ³⁰ 

shout out, you subterranean regions ³¹  of the earth.

O mountains, give a joyful shout;

you too, O forest and all your trees! ³² 

For the Lord protects ³³  Jacob;

he reveals his splendor through Israel. ³⁴ 

Isaiah 56:7

56:7 I will bring them to my holy mountain;

I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. ³⁵ 

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar,

for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.” ³⁶ 

Isaiah 65:7

65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” ³⁷  says the Lord.

“Because they burned incense on the mountains

and offended ³⁸  me on the hills,

I will punish them in full measure.” ³⁹ 

Isaiah 65:25

65:25 A wolf and a lamb will graze together; ⁴⁰ 

a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, ⁴¹ 

and a snake’s food will be dirt. ⁴² 

They will no longer injure or destroy

on my entire royal mountain,” ⁴³  says the Lord.

Isaiah 66:20

66:20 They will bring back all your countrymen ⁴⁴  from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them ⁴⁵  on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels ⁴⁶  to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers.

[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.”

[4:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “over all the place, Mount Zion.” Cf. NLT “Jerusalem”; CEV “the whole city.”

[4:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “a cloud by day, and smoke, and brightness of fire, a flame by night.” Though the accents in the Hebrew text suggest otherwise, it might be preferable to take “smoke” with what follows, since one would expect smoke to accompany fire.

[4:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “indeed (or “for”) over all the glory, a canopy.” This may allude to Exod 40:34-35, where a cloud overshadows the meeting tent as it is filled with God’s glory.

[5:25]  ¹³ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord rages.”

[5:25]  ¹⁴ tn Or “extends”; KJV, ASV “he hath stretched forth.”

[5:25]  ¹⁵ tn Or “garbage” (NCV, CEV, NLT); NAB, NASB, NIV “refuse.”

[5:25]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “in all this his anger is not turned, and still his hand is outstretched.”

[10:12]  ¹⁹ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[10:12]  ²⁰ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 16, 23, 24, 33 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[10:12]  ²¹ tn Heb “his work on/against.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV “on”; NIV “against.”

[10:12]  ²² tn The Lord is speaking here, as in vv. 5-6a.

[10:12]  ²³ tn Heb “I will visit [judgment] on the fruit of the greatness of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of the height of his eyes.” The proud Assyrian king is likened to a large, beautiful fruit tree.

[18:7]  ²⁵ tn On the interpretive difficulties of this verse, see the notes at v. 2, where the same terminology is used.

[18:7]  ²⁶ tn The words “the tribute” are repeated here in the translation for clarity.

[18:7]  ²⁷ tn Heb “to the place of the name of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], Mount Zion.”

[29:8]  ³¹ tn Or “that he [or “his appetite”] is unsatisfied.”

[29:8]  ³² tn Or “that he is faint and that he [or “his appetite”] longs [for water].”

[30:17]  ³⁷ tn Heb “One thousand from before [or “because of”] one battle cry.” גְּעָרָה (gÿ’arah) is often defined as “threat,” but in war contexts it likely refers to a shout or battle cry. See Ps 76:6.

[30:17]  ³⁸ tn Heb “from before [or “because of”] the battle cry of five you will flee.

[30:17]  ³⁹ tn Heb “until you are left” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[37:24]  ⁴³ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[37:24]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “the height of its extremity”; ASV “its farthest height.”

[40:9]  ⁴⁹ tn The second feminine singular imperatives are addressed to personified Zion/Jerusalem, who is here told to ascend a high hill and proclaim the good news of the Lord’s return to the other towns of Judah. Isa 41:27 and 52:7 speak of a herald sent to Zion, but the masculine singular form מְבַשֵּׂר (mÿvaser) is used in these verses, in contrast to the feminine singular form מְבַשֶּׂרֶת (mÿvaseret) employed in 40:9, where Zion is addressed as a herald.

[44:23]  ⁵⁵ tn Heb “acts”; NASB, NRSV “has done it”; NLT “has done this wondrous thing.”

[44:23]  ⁵⁶ tn Heb “lower regions.” This refers to Sheol and forms a merism with “sky” in the previous line. See Pss 63:9; 71:20.

[44:23]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “O forest and all the trees in it”; NASB, NRSV “and every tree in it.”

[44:23]  ⁵⁸ tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[44:23]  ⁵⁹ tn That is, by delivering Israel. Cf. NCV “showed his glory when he saved Israel”; TEV “has shown his greatness by saving his people Israel.”

[56:7]  ⁶¹ tn Heb “in the house of my prayer.”

[56:7]  ⁶² tn Heb “for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

[65:7]  ⁶⁷ tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”

[65:7]  ⁶⁸ tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”

[65:7]  ⁶⁹ tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.

[65:25]  ⁷³ sn A similar statement appears in 11:6.

[65:25]  ⁷⁴ sn These words also appear in 11:7.

[65:25]  ⁷⁵ sn Some see an allusion to Gen 3:14 (note “you will eat dirt”). The point would be that even in this new era the snake (often taken as a symbol of Satan) remains under God’s curse. However, it is unlikely that such an allusion exists. Even if there is an echo of Gen 3:14, the primary allusion is to 11:8, where snakes are pictured as no longer dangerous. They will no longer attack other living creatures, but will be content to crawl along the ground. (The statement “you will eat dirt” in Gen 3:14 means “you will crawl on the ground.” In the same way the statement “dirt will be its food” in Isa 65:25 means “it will crawl on the ground.”)

[65:25]  ⁷⁶ tn Heb “in all my holy mountain.” These same words appear in 11:9. See the note there.

[66:20]  ⁷⁹ tn Heb “brothers” (so NIV); NCV “fellow Israelites.”

[66:20]  ⁸⁰ tn The words “they will bring them” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[66:20]  ⁸¹ tn The precise meaning of this word is uncertain. Some suggest it refers to “chariots.” See HALOT 498 s.v. *כִּרְכָּרָה.