Isaiah 28:24

28:24 Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? ¹ 

Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

Isaiah 38:7

38:7 Isaiah replied, ²  “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said:

Isaiah 42:2

42:2 He will not cry out or shout;

he will not publicize himself in the streets. ³ 

[28:24]  ¹ tn Heb “All the day does the plowman plow in order to plant?” The phrase “all the day” here has the sense of “continually, always.” See BDB 400 s.v. יוֹם.

[38:7]  ² 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.

[42:2]  ³ tn Heb “he will not cause his voice to be heard in the street.”