Isaiah 24:16

24:16 From the ends of the earth we ¹  hear songs –

the Just One is majestic. ² 

But I ³  say, “I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! I’m doomed!

Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!” ⁴ 

Isaiah 50:9

50:9 Look, the sovereign Lord helps me.

Who dares to condemn me?

Look, all of them will wear out like clothes;

a moth will eat away at them.

Isaiah 51:8

51:8 For a moth will eat away at them like clothes;

a clothes moth will devour them like wool.

But the vindication I provide ⁵  will be permanent;

the deliverance I give will last.”

Isaiah 59:6

59:6 Their webs cannot be used for clothing;

they cannot cover themselves with what they make.

Their deeds are sinful;

they commit violent crimes. ⁶ 

Isaiah 59:17

59:17 He wears his desire for justice ⁷  like body armor, ⁸ 

and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. ⁹ 

He puts on the garments of vengeance ¹⁰ 

and wears zeal like a robe.

Isaiah 63:1

The Victorious Divine Warrior

63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, ¹¹ 

dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? ¹² 

Who ¹³  is this one wearing royal attire, ¹⁴ 

who marches confidently ¹⁵  because of his great strength?

“It is I, the one who announces vindication,

and who is able to deliver!” ¹⁶ 

Isaiah 63:3

63:3 “I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself;

no one from the nations joined me.

I stomped on them ¹⁷  in my anger;

I trampled them down in my rage.

Their juice splashed on my garments,

and stained ¹⁸  all my clothes.

Isaiah 64:6

64:6 We are all like one who is unclean,

all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. ¹⁹ 

We all wither like a leaf;

our sins carry us away like the wind.

[24:16]  ¹ sn The identity of the subject is unclear. Apparently in vv. 15-16a an unidentified group responds to the praise they hear in the west by exhorting others to participate.

[24:16]  ² tn Heb “Beauty belongs to the just one.” These words may summarize the main theme of the songs mentioned in the preceding line.

[24:16]  ³ sn The prophet seems to contradict what he hears the group saying. Their words are premature because more destruction is coming.

[24:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “and [with] deception deceivers deceive.”

[51:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “my vindication”; many English versions “my righteousness”; NRSV, TEV “my deliverance”; CEV “my victory.”

[59:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “their deeds are deeds of sin, and the work of violence [is] in their hands.”

[59:17]  ¹³ tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “goodness.”

[59:17]  ¹⁴ tn Or “a breastplate” (traditional; so many English versions); TEV “a coat of armour.”

[59:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and [as] a helmet deliverance on his head.”

[59:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he puts on the clothes of vengeance [as] a garment.”

[63:1]  ¹⁷ sn Edom is here an archetype for the Lord’s enemies. See 34:5.

[63:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “[in] bright red garments, from Bozrah.”

[63:1]  ¹⁹ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis; note the first line of the verse.

[63:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “honored in his clothing”; KJV, ASV “glorious in his apparel.”

[63:1]  ²¹ tc The Hebrew text has צָעָה (tsa’ah), which means “stoop, bend” (51:14). The translation assumes an emendation to צָעַד (tsa’ad, “march”; see BDB 858 s.v. צָעָה).

[63:1]  ²² tn Heb “I, [the one] speaking in vindication [or “righteousness”], great to deliver.”

[63:3]  ²¹ sn Nations, headed by Edom, are the object of the Lord’s anger (see v. 6). He compares military slaughter to stomping on grapes in a vat.

[63:3]  ²² tn Heb “and I stained.” For discussion of the difficult verb form, see HALOT 170 s.v. II גאל. Perhaps the form is mixed, combining the first person forms of the imperfect (note the alef prefix) and perfect (note the תי- ending).

[64:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and like a garment of menstruation [are] all our righteous acts”; KJV, NIV “filthy rags”; ASV “a polluted garment.”