Isaiah 2:8

2:8 Their land is full of worthless idols;

they worship ¹  the product of their own hands,

what their own fingers have fashioned.

Isaiah 10:23

10:23 The sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land. ² 

Isaiah 12:5

12:5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things,

let this be known ³  throughout the earth!

Isaiah 15:7

15:7 For this reason what they have made and stored up,

they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

Isaiah 17:7

17:7 At that time ⁴  men will trust in their creator; ⁵ 

they will depend on ⁶  the Holy One of Israel. ⁷ 

Isaiah 19:15

19:15 Egypt will not be able to do a thing,

head or tail, shoots and stalk. ⁸ 

Isaiah 37:11

37:11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. ⁹  Do you really think you will be rescued? ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 37:31-32

37:31 Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. ¹¹ 

37:32 “For a remnant will leave Jerusalem;

survivors will come out of Mount Zion.

The intense devotion of the Lord who commands armies ¹²  will accomplish this.

Isaiah 38:15

38:15 What can I say?

He has decreed and acted. ¹³ 

I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 48:3

48:3 “I announced events beforehand, ¹⁵ 

I issued the decrees and made the predictions; ¹⁶ 

suddenly I acted and they came to pass.

Isaiah 48:11

48:11 For my sake alone ¹⁷  I will act,

for how can I allow my name to be defiled? ¹⁸ 

I will not share my glory with anyone else! ¹⁹ 

Isaiah 63:12

63:12 the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, ²⁰ 

who divided the water before them,

gaining for himself a lasting reputation, ²¹ 

Isaiah 64:3

64:3 When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, ²² 

you came down, and the mountains trembled ²³  before you.

[2:8]  ¹ tn Or “bow down to” (NIV, NRSV).

[10:23]  ² tn Heb “Indeed (or perhaps “for”) destruction and what is decreed the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is about to accomplish in the middle of all the land.” The phrase כָלָא וְנֶחֱרָצָה (khala’ venekheratsah, “destruction and what is decreed”) is a hendiadys; the two terms express one idea, with the second qualifying the first.

[12:5]  ³ tc The translation follows the marginal reading (Qere), which is a Hophal participle from יָדַע (yada’), understood here in a gerundive sense.

[17:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “in that day” (so ASV, NASB, NIV); KJV “At that day.”

[17:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “man will gaze toward his maker.”

[17:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “his eyes will look toward.”

[17:7]  ⁷ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[19:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “And there will not be for Egypt a deed, which head and tail, shoot and stalk can do.” In 9:14-15 the phrase “head or tail” refers to leaders and prophets, respectively. This interpretation makes good sense in this context, where both leaders and advisers (probably including prophets and diviners) are mentioned (vv. 11-14). Here, as in 9:14, “shoots and stalk” picture a reed, which symbolizes the leadership of the nation in its entirety.

[37:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, annihilating them.”

[37:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and will you be rescued?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No, of course not!”

[37:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “The remnant of the house of Judah that is left will add roots below and produce fruit above.”

[37:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “the zeal of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” In this context the Lord’s “zeal” refers to his intense devotion to and love for his people which prompts him to protect and restore them.

[38:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he has spoken and he has acted.”

[38:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “because of the bitterness of my soul.”

[48:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the former things beforehand I declared.”

[48:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and from my mouth they came forth and I caused them to be heard.”

[48:11]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text repeats לְמַעֲנִי (lÿma’ani, “for my sake”) for emphasis.

[48:11]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “for how can it be defiled?” The subject of the verb is probably “name” (v. 9).

[48:11]  ¹³ sn See 42:8.

[63:12]  ¹² tn Heb “who caused to go at the right hand of Moses the arm of his splendor.”

[63:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “making for himself a lasting name.”

[64:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “[for which] we were not waiting.”

[64:3]  ¹⁴ tn See the note at v. 1.