Isaiah 24:20

24:20 The earth will stagger around ¹  like a drunk;

it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. ² 

Its sin will weigh it down,

and it will fall and never get up again.

Isaiah 34:11

34:11 Owls and wild animals ³  will live there, ⁴ 

all kinds of wild birds ⁵  will settle in it.

The Lord ⁶  will stretch out over her

the measuring line of ruin

and the plumb line ⁷  of destruction. ⁸ 

Isaiah 42:5

42:5 This is what the true God, ⁹  the Lord, says –

the one who created the sky and stretched it out,

the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, ¹⁰ 

the one who gives breath to the people on it,

and life to those who live on it: ¹¹ 

Isaiah 45:12

45:12 I made the earth,

I created the people who live ¹²  on it.

It was me – my hands ¹³  stretched out the sky, ¹⁴ 

I give orders to all the heavenly lights. ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 66:10

66:10 Be happy for Jerusalem

and rejoice with her, all you who love her!

Share in her great joy,

all you who have mourned over her!

[24:20]  ¹ tn Heb “staggering, staggers.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before the finite verb for emphasis and sound play.

[24:20]  ² tn The words “in a windstorm” are supplied in the translation to clarify the metaphor.

[34:11]  ³ tn קָאַת (qa’at) refers to some type of bird (cf. Lev 11:18; Deut 14:17) that was typically found near ruins (see Zeph 2:14). קִפּוֹד (qippod) may also refer to a type of bird (NAB “hoot owl”; NIV “screech owl”; TEV “ravens”), but some have suggested a rodent may be in view (cf. NCV “small animals”; ASV “porcupine”; NASB, NRSV “hedgehog”).

[34:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “will possess it” (so NIV).

[34:11]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has יַנְשׁוֹף וְעֹרֵב (yanshof vÿ’orev). Both the יַנְשׁוֹף (“owl”; see Lev 11:17; Deut 14:16) and עֹרֵב (“raven”; Lev 11:15; Deut 14:14) were types of wild birds.

[34:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[34:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “stones,” i.e., the stones used in a plumb bob.

[34:11]  ⁸ sn The metaphor in v. 11b emphasizes that God has carefully planned Edom’s demise.

[42:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “the God.” The definite article here indicates distinctiveness or uniqueness.

[42:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and its offspring” (so NASB); NIV “all that comes out of it.”

[42:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and spirit [i.e., “breath”] to the ones walking in it” (NAB, NASB, and NRSV all similar).

[45:12]  ⁷ tn The words “who live” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “I, even my hands”; NASB “I stretched out…with My hands”; NRSV “it was my hands that stretched out.” The same construction occurs at the beginning of v. 13.

[45:12]  ⁹ tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[45:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and to all their host I commanded.” See the notes at 40:26.