Isaiah 3:14

3:14 The Lord comes to pronounce judgment

on the leaders of his people and their officials.

He says, ¹  “It is you ²  who have ruined ³  the vineyard! ⁴ 

You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor. ⁵ 

Isaiah 10:24

10:24 So ⁶  here is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says: “My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did. ⁷ 

Isaiah 42:10

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

Praise him ⁸  from the horizon of the earth,

you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, ⁹ 

you coastlands ¹⁰  and those who live there!

Isaiah 58:7-8

58:7 I want you ¹¹  to share your food with the hungry

and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. ¹² 

When you see someone naked, clothe him!

Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! ¹³ 

58:8 Then your light will shine like the sunrise; ¹⁴ 

your restoration will quickly arrive; ¹⁵ 

your godly behavior ¹⁶  will go before you,

and the Lord’s splendor will be your rear guard. ¹⁷ 

[3:14]  ¹ tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:14]  ² tn The pronominal element is masculine plural; the leaders are addressed.

[3:14]  ³ tn The verb בָּעַר (ba’ar, “graze, ruin”; HALOT 146 s.v. II בער) is a homonym of the more common בָּעַר (ba’ar, “burn”; see HALOT 145 s.v. I בער).

[3:14]  ⁴ sn The vineyard is a metaphor for the nation here. See 5:1-7.

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “the plunder of the poor [is] in your houses” (so NASB).

[10:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “therefore.” The message that follows is one of encouragement, for it focuses on the eventual destruction of the Assyrians. Consequently “therefore” relates back to vv. 5-21, not to vv. 22-23, which must be viewed as a brief parenthesis in an otherwise positive speech.

[10:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the way [or “manner”] of Egypt.”

[42:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his praise.” The phrase stands parallel to “new song” in the previous line.

[42:10]  ¹² tn Heb “and its fullness”; NASB, NIV “and all that is in it.”

[42:10]  ¹³ tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV); NLT “distant coastlands.”

[58:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Is it not?” The rhetorical question here expects a positive answer, “It is!”

[58:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and afflicted [ones], homeless [ones] you should bring [into] a house.” On the meaning of מְרוּדִים (mÿrudim, “homeless”) see HALOT 633 s.v. *מָרוּד.

[58:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and from your flesh do not hide yourself.”

[58:8]  ²¹ tn Heb “will burst out like the dawn.”

[58:8]  ²² tn Heb “prosper”; KJV “spring forth speedily.”

[58:8]  ²³ tn Or “righteousness.” Their godly behavior will be on display for all to see.

[58:8]  ²⁴ sn The nation will experience God’s protective presence.