Isaiah 27:5

27:5 unless they became my subjects ¹ 

and made peace with me;

let them make peace with me. ² 

Isaiah 3:11

3:11 Too bad for the wicked sinners!

For they will get exactly what they deserve. ³ 

Isaiah 5:10

5:10 Indeed, a large vineyard ⁴  will produce just a few gallons, ⁵ 

and enough seed to yield several bushels ⁶  will produce less than a bushel.” ⁷ 

Isaiah 19:15

19:15 Egypt will not be able to do a thing,

head or tail, shoots and stalk. ⁸ 

Isaiah 38:7

38:7 Isaiah replied, ⁹  “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said:

Isaiah 48:14

48:14 All of you, gather together and listen!

Who among them ¹⁰  announced these things?

The Lord’s ally ¹¹  will carry out his desire against Babylon;

he will exert his power against the Babylonians. ¹² 

Isaiah 56:2

56:2 The people who do this will be blessed, ¹³ 

the people who commit themselves to obedience, ¹⁴ 

who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

who refrain from doing anything that is wrong. ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 64:4

64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, ¹⁶ 

no eye has seen any God besides you,

who intervenes for those who wait for him.

Isaiah 32:6

32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; ¹⁷ 

his mind plans out sinful deeds. ¹⁸ 

He commits godless deeds ¹⁹ 

and says misleading things about the Lord;

he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite ²⁰ 

and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. ²¹ 

[27:5]  ¹ tn Heb “or let him take hold of my refuge.” The subject of the third masculine singular verb form is uncertain. Apparently the symbolic “thorns and briers” are in view, though in v. 4b a feminine singular pronoun was used to refer to them.

[27:5]  ² tc The Hebrew text has, “he makes peace with me, peace he makes with me.” Some contend that two alternative readings are preserved here and one should be deleted. The first has the object שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) preceding the verb עָשָׂה (’asah, “make”); the second reverses the order. Another option is to retain both statements, although repetitive, to emphasize the need to make peace with Yahweh.

[3:11]  ³ tn Heb “for the work of his hands will be done to him.”

[5:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “a ten-yoke vineyard.” The Hebrew term צֶמֶד (tsemed, “yoke”) is here a unit of square measure. Apparently a ten-yoke vineyard covered the same amount of land it would take ten teams of oxen to plow in a certain period of time. The exact size is unknown.

[5:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “one bath.” A bath was a liquid measure. Estimates of its modern equivalent range from approximately six to twelve gallons.

[5:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “a homer.” A homer was a dry measure, the exact size of which is debated. Cf. NCV “ten bushels”; CEV “five bushels.”

[5:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “an ephah.” An ephah was a dry measure; there were ten ephahs in a homer. So this verse envisions major crop failure, where only one-tenth of the anticipated harvest is realized.

[19:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “And there will not be for Egypt a deed, which head and tail, shoot and stalk can do.” In 9:14-15 the phrase “head or tail” refers to leaders and prophets, respectively. This interpretation makes good sense in this context, where both leaders and advisers (probably including prophets and diviners) are mentioned (vv. 11-14). Here, as in 9:14, “shoots and stalk” picture a reed, which symbolizes the leadership of the nation in its entirety.

[38:7]  ⁹ tn The words “Isaiah replied” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the present form of the Hebrew text v. 7 is joined directly to v. 6, but vv. 21-22, if original to Isaiah 38, must be inserted here. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8.

[48:14]  ¹¹ sn This probably refers to the idol gods (see v. 5).

[48:14]  ¹² tn Or “friend,” or “covenant partner.”

[48:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “and his arm [against] the Babylonians.”

[56:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “blessed is the man who does this.”

[56:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the son of mankind who takes hold of it.”

[56:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb and who keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

[64:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from ancient times they have not heard, they have not listened.”

[32:6]  ¹⁷ tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.

[32:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”

[32:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”

[32:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”

[32:6]  ²¹ tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”