Isaiah 24:5

24:5 The earth is defiled by ¹  its inhabitants, ² 

for they have violated laws,

disregarded the regulation, ³ 

and broken the permanent treaty. ⁴ 

Isaiah 32:17

32:17 Fairness will produce peace ⁵ 

and result in lasting security. ⁶ 

Isaiah 54:8

54:8 In a burst ⁷  of anger I rejected you ⁸  momentarily,

but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,”

says your protector, ⁹  the Lord.

Isaiah 60:15

60:15 You were once abandoned

and despised, with no one passing through,

but I will make you ¹⁰  a permanent source of pride

and joy to coming generations.

Isaiah 61:4

61:4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins

and restore the places that were desolate; ¹¹ 

they will reestablish the ruined cities,

the places that have been desolate since ancient times.

Isaiah 63:12

63:12 the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, ¹² 

who divided the water before them,

gaining for himself a lasting reputation, ¹³ 

[24:5]  ¹ tn Heb “beneath”; cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV “under”; NAB “because of.”

[24:5]  ² sn Isa 26:21 suggests that the earth’s inhabitants defiled the earth by shedding the blood of their fellow human beings. See also Num 35:33-34, which assumes that bloodshed defiles a land.

[24:5]  ³ tn Heb “moved past [the?] regulation.”

[24:5]  ⁴ tn Or “everlasting covenant” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “the ancient covenant”; CEV “their agreement that was to last forever.”

[32:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the product of fairness will be peace.”

[32:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the work of fairness [will be] calmness and security forever.”

[54:8]  ⁹ tn According to BDB 1009 s.v. שֶׁטֶף the noun שֶׁצֶף here is an alternate form of שֶׁטֶף (shetef, “flood”). Some relate the word to an alleged Akkadian cognate meaning “strength.”

[54:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I hid my face from you.”

[54:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[60:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”

[61:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the formerly desolate places they will raise up.”

[63:12]  ²¹ tn Heb “who caused to go at the right hand of Moses the arm of his splendor.”

[63:12]  ²² tn Heb “making for himself a lasting name.”