Isaiah 29:12

29:12 Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read ¹  and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.” ² 

Isaiah 30:20

30:20 The sovereign master ³  will give you distress to eat

and suffering to drink; ⁴ 

but your teachers will no longer be hidden;

your eyes will see them. ⁵ 

Isaiah 37:19

37:19 They have burned the gods of the nations, ⁶  for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. ⁷ 

[29:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and if the scroll is handed to one who does not know a scroll.”

[29:12]  ² tn Heb “I do not know a scroll.”

[30:20]  ³ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).

[30:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the Master will give to you bread – distress, and water – oppression.”

[30:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “but your teachers will no longer be hidden, your eyes will be seeing your teachers.” The translation assumes that the form מוֹרֶיךָ (morekha) is a plural participle, referring to spiritual leaders such as prophets and priests. Another possibility is that the form is actually singular (see GKC 273-74 §93.ss) or a plural of respect, referring to God as the master teacher. See HALOT 560-61 s.v. III מוֹרֶה. For discussion of the views, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:560.

[37:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they put their gods in the fire.”

[37:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “so they destroyed them” (NASB similar).