Isaiah 27:6

27:6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root; ¹ 

Israel will blossom and grow branches.

The produce ²  will fill the surface of the world. ³ 

Isaiah 42:10

42:10 Sing to the Lord a brand new song!

Praise him ⁴  from the horizon of the earth,

you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, ⁵ 

you coastlands ⁶  and those who live there!

Isaiah 13:21

13:21 Wild animals will rest there,

the ruined ⁷  houses will be full of hyenas. ⁸ 

Ostriches will live there,

wild goats will skip among the ruins. ⁹ 

Isaiah 14:21

14:21 Prepare to execute ¹⁰  his sons

for the sins their ancestors have committed. ¹¹ 

They must not rise up and take possession of the earth,

or fill the surface of the world with cities.” ¹² 

[27:6]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “the coming ones, let Jacob take root.” הַבָּאִים (habba’im, “the coming ones”) should probably be emended to יָמִים בָאִים (yamim va’im, “days [are] coming”) or בְּיָמִים הַבָּאִים (biyamim habba’im, “in the coming days”).

[27:6]  ² tn Heb “fruit” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[27:6]  ³ sn This apparently refers to a future population explosion. See 26:18.

[42:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “his praise.” The phrase stands parallel to “new song” in the previous line.

[42:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and its fullness”; NASB, NIV “and all that is in it.”

[42:10]  ⁶ tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “distant coastlands.”

[13:21]  ⁷ tn The word “ruined” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[13:21]  ⁸ tn The precise referent of this word in uncertain. See HALOT 29 s.v. *אֹחַ. Various English versions translate as “owls” (e.g., NAB, NASB), “wild dogs” (NCV); “jackals” (NIV); “howling creatures” (NRSV, NLT).

[13:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “will skip there.”

[14:21]  ¹⁰ tn Or “the place of slaughter for.”

[14:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the sin of their fathers.”

[14:21]  ¹² sn J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:320, n. 10) suggests that the garrison cities of the mighty empire are in view here.