Isaiah 2:4

2:4 He will judge disputes between nations;

he will settle cases for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares, ¹ 

and their spears into pruning hooks. ² 

Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,

and they will no longer train for war.

Isaiah 7:1

Ahaz Receives a Sign

7:1 During ³  the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem ⁴  to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it. ⁵ 

Isaiah 10:14

10:14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest,

as one gathers up abandoned eggs,

I gathered up the whole earth.

There was no wing flapping,

or open mouth chirping.” ⁶ 

Isaiah 23:18

23:18 Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the Lord. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the Lord’s presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes. ⁷ 

Isaiah 26:21

26:21 For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, ⁸ 

to punish the sin of those who live on the earth.

The earth will display the blood shed on it;

it will no longer cover up its slain. ⁹ 

Isaiah 29:22

29:22 So this is what the Lord, the one who delivered Abraham, says to the family of Jacob: ¹⁰ 

“Jacob will no longer be ashamed;

their faces will no longer show their embarrassment. ¹¹ 

Isaiah 31:1

Egypt Will Disappoint

31:1 Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, ¹² 

those who rely on war horses,

and trust in Egypt’s many chariots ¹³ 

and in their many, many horsemen. ¹⁴ 

But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel ¹⁵ 

and do not seek help from the Lord.

Isaiah 38:1

The Lord Hears Hezekiah’s Prayer

38:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ¹⁶  The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”

Isaiah 42:16

42:16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; ¹⁷ 

I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. ¹⁸ 

I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,

and level out the rough ground. ¹⁹ 

This is what I will do for them.

I will not abandon them.

Isaiah 48:1

The Lord Appeals to the Exiles

48:1 Listen to this, O family of Jacob, ²⁰ 

you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’

and are descended from Judah, ²¹ 

who take oaths in the name of the Lord,

and invoke ²²  the God of Israel –

but not in an honest and just manner. ²³ 

Isaiah 65:25

65:25 A wolf and a lamb will graze together; ²⁴ 

a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, ²⁵ 

and a snake’s food will be dirt. ²⁶ 

They will no longer injure or destroy

on my entire royal mountain,” ²⁷  says the Lord.

Isaiah 66:4

66:4 So I will choose severe punishment ²⁸  for them;

I will bring on them what they dread,

because I called, and no one responded,

I spoke and they did not listen.

They did evil before me; ²⁹ 

they chose to do what displeases me.”

Isaiah 66:19

66:19 I will perform a mighty act among them ³⁰  and then send some of those who remain to the nations – to Tarshish, Pul, ³¹  Lud ³²  (known for its archers ³³ ), Tubal, Javan, ³⁴  and to the distant coastlands ³⁵  that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.

[2:4]  ¹ sn Instead of referring to the large plow as a whole, the plowshare is simply the metal tip which actually breaks the earth and cuts the furrow.

[2:4]  ² sn This implement was used to prune the vines, i.e., to cut off extra leaves and young shoots (H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:93; M. Klingbeil, NIDOTTE 1:1117-18). It was a short knife with a curved hook at the end sharpened on the inside like a sickle. Breaking weapons and fashioning agricultural implements indicates a transition from fear and stress to peace and security.

[7:1]  ³ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[7:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:1]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “but they were unable to attack it.” This statement sounds like a summary of the whole campaign. The following context explains why they were unable to defeat the southern kingdom. The parallel passage (2 Kgs 16:5; cf. Num 22:11; 1 Sam 17:9 for a similar construction) affirms that Syria and Israel besieged Ahaz. Consequently, the statement that “they were not able to battle against them” must refer to the inability to conquer Ahaz.

[10:14]  ⁵ sn The Assyrians’ conquests were relatively unopposed, like robbing a bird’s nest of its eggs when the mother bird is absent.

[23:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “for eating to fullness and for beautiful covering[s].”

[26:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “out of his place” (so KJV, ASV).

[26:21]  ¹⁰ sn This implies that rampant bloodshed is one of the reasons for divine judgment. See the note at 24:5.

[29:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “So this is what the Lord says to the house of Jacob, the one who ransomed Abraham.” The relative pronoun must refer back to “the Lord,” not to the immediately preceding “Jacob.” It is uncertain to what event in Abraham’s experience this refers. Perhaps the name “Abraham” stands here by metonymy for his descendants through Jacob. If so, the Exodus is in view.

[29:22]  ¹² tn Heb “and his face will no longer be pale.”

[31:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who go down to Egypt for help.”

[31:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and trust in chariots for they are many.”

[31:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and in horsemen for they are very strong [or “numerous”].”

[31:1]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[38:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying”; NRSV “became sick and was at the point of death.”

[42:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “a way they do not know” (so NASB); NRSV “a road they do not know.”

[42:16]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “in paths they do not know I will make them walk.”

[42:16]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and the rough ground into a level place.”

[48:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “house of Jacob”; TEV, CEV “people of Israel.”

[48:1]  ²⁰ tc The Hebrew text reads literally “and from the waters of Judah came out.” מִמֵּי (mimme) could be a corruption of מִמְּעֵי (mimmÿ’e, “from the inner parts of”; cf. NASB, NIV, NLT, NRSV) as suggested in the above translation. Some translations (ESV, NKJV) retain the MT reading because the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a, which corrects a similar form to “from inner parts of” in 39:7, does not do it here.

[48:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “cause to remember”; KJV, ASV “make mention of.”

[48:1]  ²² tn Heb “not in truth and not in righteousness.”

[65:25]  ²¹ sn A similar statement appears in 11:6.

[65:25]  ²² sn These words also appear in 11:7.

[65:25]  ²³ 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]  ²⁴ tn Heb “in all my holy mountain.” These same words appear in 11:9. See the note there.

[66:4]  ²³ tn The precise meaning of the noun is uncertain. It occurs only here and in 3:4 (but see the note there). It appears to be derived from the verbal root עָלַל (’alal), which can carry the nuance “deal severely.”

[66:4]  ²⁴ tn Heb “that which is evil in my eyes.”

[66:19]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and I will set a sign among them.” The precise meaning of this statement is unclear. Elsewhere “to set a sign” means “perform a mighty act” (Ps 78:43; Jer 32:20), “make [someone] an object lesson” (Ezek 14:8), and “erect a [literal] standard” (Ps 74:4).

[66:19]  ²⁶ tn Some prefer to read “Put” (i.e., Libya).

[66:19]  ²⁷ sn That is, Lydia (in Asia Minor).

[66:19]  ²⁸ tn Heb “drawers of the bow” (KJV and ASV both similar).

[66:19]  ²⁹ sn Javan is generally identified today as Greece (so NIV, NCV, NLT).

[66:19]  ³⁰ tn Or “islands” (NIV).