Isaiah 21:8

21:8 Then the guard ¹  cries out:

“On the watchtower, O sovereign master, ² 

I stand all day long;

at my post

I am stationed every night.

Isaiah 30:13

30:13 So this sin will become your downfall.

You will be like a high wall

that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse;

it crumbles suddenly, in a flash. ³ 

Isaiah 34:17

34:17 He assigns them their allotment; ⁴ 

he measures out their assigned place. ⁵ 

They will live there ⁶  permanently;

they will settle in it through successive generations.

Isaiah 37:14

37:14 Hezekiah took the letter ⁷  from the messengers and read it. ⁸  Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.

Isaiah 44:3

44:3 For I will pour water on the parched ground ⁹ 

and cause streams to flow ¹⁰  on the dry land.

I will pour my spirit on your offspring

and my blessing on your children.

Isaiah 45:23

45:23 I solemnly make this oath ¹¹  –

what I say is true and reliable: ¹² 

‘Surely every knee will bow to me,

every tongue will solemnly affirm; ¹³ 

Isaiah 51:4

51:4 Pay attention to me, my people!

Listen to me, my people!

For ¹⁴  I will issue a decree, ¹⁵ 

I will make my justice a light to the nations. ¹⁶ 

Isaiah 65:9

65:9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains.

My chosen ones will take possession of the land; ¹⁷ 

my servants will live there.

[21:8]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has, “the lion,” but this makes little sense here. אַרְיֵה (’aryeh, “lion”) is probably a corruption of an original הָרֹאֶה (haro’eh, “the one who sees”), i.e., the guard mentioned previously in v. 6.

[21:8]  ² tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay). Some translations take this to refer to the Lord (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV), while others take it to refer to the guard’s human master (“my lord”; cf. NIV, NLT).

[30:13]  ³ tn The verse reads literally, “So this sin will become for you like a breach ready to fall, bulging on a high wall, the breaking of which comes suddenly, in a flash.” Their sin produces guilt and will result in judgment. Like a wall that collapses their fall will be swift and sudden.

[34:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he causes the lot to fall for them.” Once again the pronominal suffix (“them”) is feminine plural, referring to the birds mentioned in v. 15b or to all of the creatures listed in vv. 14b-15 (all of which are identified with feminine nouns).

[34:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and his hand divides for them with a measuring line.” The pronominal suffix (“them”) now switches to masculine plural, referring to all the animals and birds mentioned in vv. 11-15, some of which were identified with masculine nouns. This signals closure for this portion of the speech, which began in v. 11. The following couplet (v. 17b) forms an inclusio with v. 11a through verbal repetition.

[34:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “will possess it” (so NIV); NCV “they will own that land forever.”

[37:14]  ⁷ tc The Hebrew text has the plural, “letters.” The final mem (ם) may be dittographic (note the initial mem on the form that immediately follows). Some Greek and Aramaic witnesses have the singular. If so, one still has to deal with the yod that is part of the plural ending. J. N. Oswalt refers to various commentators who have suggested ways to understand the plural form (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:652).

[37:14]  ⁸ tn In the parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:14 the verb has the plural suffix, “them,” but this probably reflects a later harmonization to the preceding textual corruption (of “letter” to “letters”).

[44:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “the thirsty.” Parallelism suggests that dry ground is in view (see “dry land” in the next line.)

[44:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and streams”; KJV “floods.” The verb “cause…to flow” is supplied in the second line for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[45:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”

[45:23]  ¹² tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”

[45:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”

[51:4]  ¹³ tn Or “certainly.”

[51:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “instruction [or “a law”] will go out from me.”

[51:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and my justice for a light to the nations I will cause to rest.”

[65:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “it.” The third feminine singular pronominal suffix probably refers to the land which contains the aforementioned mountains.