Isaiah 23:9

23:9 The Lord who commands armies planned it –

to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, ¹ 

to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

Isaiah 48:11

48:11 For my sake alone ²  I will act,

for how can I allow my name to be defiled? ³ 

I will not share my glory with anyone else! ⁴ 

Isaiah 53:5

53:5 He was wounded because of ⁵  our rebellious deeds,

crushed because of our sins;

he endured punishment that made us well; ⁶ 

because of his wounds we have been healed. ⁷ 

[23:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the pride of all the beauty.”

[48:11]  ² tn The Hebrew text repeats לְמַעֲנִי (lÿma’ani, “for my sake”) for emphasis.

[48:11]  ³ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “for how can it be defiled?” The subject of the verb is probably “name” (v. 9).

[48:11]  ⁴ sn See 42:8.

[53:5]  ³ tn The preposition מִן (min) has a causal sense (translated “because of”) here and in the following clause.

[53:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “the punishment of our peace [was] on him.” שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is here a genitive of result, i.e., “punishment that resulted in our peace.”

[53:5]  ⁵ sn Continuing to utilize the imagery of physical illness, the group acknowledges that the servant’s willingness to carry their illnesses (v. 4) resulted in their being healed. Healing is a metaphor for forgiveness here.