Isaiah 22:22

22:22 I will place the key ¹  to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.

Isaiah 27:4

27:4 I am not angry.

I wish I could confront some thorns and briers!

Then I would march against them ²  for battle;

I would set them ³  all on fire,

Isaiah 33:16

33:16 This is the person who will live in a secure place; ⁴ 

he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; ⁵ 

he will have food

and a constant supply of water.

Isaiah 37:7

37:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; ⁶  he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ⁷  with a sword in his own land.”’”

Isaiah 42:6

42:6 “I, the Lord, officially commission you; ⁸ 

I take hold of your hand.

I protect you ⁹  and make you a covenant mediator for people, ¹⁰ 

and a light ¹¹  to the nations, ¹² 

Isaiah 42:8

The Lord Intervenes

42:8 I am the Lord! That is my name!

I will not share my glory with anyone else,

or the praise due me with idols.

Isaiah 43:4

43:4 Since you are precious and special in my sight, ¹³ 

and I love you,

I will hand over people in place of you,

nations in place of your life.

Isaiah 43:6

43:6 I will say to the north, ‘Hand them over!’

and to the south, ‘Don’t hold any back!’

Bring my sons from distant lands,

and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

Isaiah 43:16

43:16 This is what the Lord says,

the one who made a road through the sea,

a pathway through the surging waters,

Isaiah 46:13

46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;

I am bringing my salvation near, ¹⁴  it does not wait.

I will save Zion; ¹⁵ 

I will adorn Israel with my splendor.” ¹⁶ 

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 50:6

50:6 I offered my back to those who attacked, ²⁰ 

my jaws to those who tore out my beard;

I did not hide my face

from insults and spitting.

Isaiah 62:7

62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, ²¹ 

until he makes Jerusalem the pride ²²  of the earth.

[22:22]  ¹ sn This may refer to a literal insignia worn by the chief administrator. Even so, it would still symbolize the administrator’s authority to grant or exclude access to the king. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:422.

[27:4]  ² tn Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense. For other examples of a cohortative expressing resolve after a hypothetical statement introduced by נָתַן with מִי (miwith natan), see Judg 9:29; Jer 9:1-2; Ps 55:6.

[27:4]  ³ tn Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense.

[33:16]  ³ tn Heb “he [in the] exalted places will live.”

[33:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “mountain strongholds, cliffs [will be] his elevated place.”

[37:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

[37:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “cause him to fall” (so KJV, ASV, NAB), that is, “kill him.”

[42:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “call you in righteousness.” The pronoun “you” is masculine singular, referring to the servant. See the note at 41:2.

[42:6]  ⁶ tn The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצַר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצַר (yatsar, “form”).

[42:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. The precise identity of עָם (’am, “people”) is uncertain. In v. 5 עָם refers to mankind, and the following reference to “nations” also favors this. But in 49:8, where the phrase בְּרִית עָם occurs again, Israel seems to be in view.

[42:6]  ⁸ sn Light here symbolizes deliverance from bondage and oppression; note the parallelism in 49:6b and in 51:4-6.

[42:6]  ⁹ tn Or “the Gentiles” (so KJV, ASV, NIV); the same Hebrew word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context.

[43:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “Since you are precious in my eyes and you are honored.”

[46:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “my salvation.” The verb “I am bringing near” is understood by ellipsis (note the previous line).

[46:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “I will place in Zion salvation”; NASB “I will grant salvation in Zion.”

[46:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “to Israel my splendor”; KJV, ASV “for Israel my glory.”

[48:11]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text repeats לְמַעֲנִי (lÿma’ani, “for my sake”) for emphasis.

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

[48:11]  ¹⁰ sn See 42:8.

[50:6]  ⁹ tn Or perhaps, “who beat [me].”

[62:7]  ¹⁰ tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.

[62:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”