Isaiah 22:11

22:11 You made a reservoir between the two walls

for the water of the old pool –

but you did not trust in ¹  the one who made it; ² 

you did not depend on ³  the one who formed it long ago!

Isaiah 26:1

Judah Will Celebrate

26:1 At that time ⁴  this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city!

The Lord’s ⁵  deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure. ⁶ 

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. ⁷ 

Isaiah 56:5

56:5 I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument ⁸ 

that will be better than sons and daughters.

I will set up a permanent monument ⁹  for them that will remain.

Isaiah 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ¹⁰  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ¹¹  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

Isaiah 62:6

62:6 I ¹²  post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;

they should keep praying all day and all night. ¹³ 

You who pray to ¹⁴  the Lord, don’t be silent!

[22:11]  ¹ tn Heb “look at”; NAB, NRSV “did not look to.”

[22:11]  ² tn The antecedent of the third feminine singular suffix here and in the next line is unclear. The closest feminine noun is “pool” in the first half of the verse. Perhaps this “old pool” symbolizes the entire city, which had prospered because of God’s provision and protection through the years.

[22:11]  ³ tn Heb “did not see.”

[26:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “In that day” (so KJV).

[26:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “deliverance he makes walls and a rampart.”

[30:13]  ⁷ 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.

[56:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a hand and a name.” For other examples where יָד (yad) refers to a monument, see HALOT 388 s.v.

[56:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “name” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).

[60:18]  ¹³ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[60:18]  ¹⁴ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[62:6]  ¹⁶ sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.

[62:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “all day and all night continually they do not keep silent.” The following lines suggest that they pray for the Lord’s intervention and restoration of the city.

[62:6]  ¹⁸ tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”