Isaiah 22:12-13

22:12 At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,

for shaved heads and sackcloth. ¹ 

22:13 But look, there is outright celebration! ² 

You say, “Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep,

eat meat and drink wine.

Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” ³ 

Isaiah 29:6

29:6 Judgment will come from the Lord who commands armies, ⁴ 

accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise,

by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire.

Isaiah 37:9

37:9 The king ⁵  heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia ⁶  was marching out to fight him. ⁷  He again sent ⁸  messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

Isaiah 43:3

43:3 For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ⁹  your deliverer.

I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,

Ethiopia and Seba ¹⁰  in place of you.

Isaiah 46:1

The Lord Carries His People

46:1 Bel ¹¹  kneels down,

Nebo ¹²  bends low.

Their images weigh down animals and beasts. ¹³ 

Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals. ¹⁴ 

[22:12]  ¹ tn Heb “for baldness and the wearing of sackcloth.” See the note at 15:2.

[22:13]  ² tn Heb “happiness and joy.”

[22:13]  ³ tn The prophet here quotes what the fatalistic people are saying. The introductory “you say” is supplied in the translation for clarification; the concluding verb “we die” makes it clear the people are speaking. The six verbs translated as imperatives are actually infinitives absolute, functioning here as finite verbs.

[29:6]  ³ tn Heb “from the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] there will be visitation.” The third feminine singular passive verb form תִּפָּקֵד (tippaqed, “she/it will be visited”) is used here in an impersonal sense. See GKC 459 §144.b.

[37:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[37:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “Cush” (so NASB); NIV, NCV “the Cushite king of Egypt.”

[37:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, ‘He has come out to fight with you.’”

[37:9]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has, “and he heard and he sent,” but the parallel in 2 Kgs 19:9 has וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַח (vayyashav vayyishlakh, “and he returned and he sent”), i.e., “he again sent.”

[43:3]  ⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:3]  ⁶ sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.

[46:1]  ⁶ sn Bel was the name of a Babylonian god. The name was originally associated with Enlil, but later was applied to Marduk. See HALOT 132 s.v. בֵּל.

[46:1]  ⁷ sn Nebo is a variation of the name of the Babylonian god Nabu.

[46:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “their images belong to animals and beasts”; NIV “their idols are borne by beasts of burden”; NLT “are being hauled away.”

[46:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “your loads are carried [as] a burden by a weary [animal].”