Isaiah 3:25

3:25 Your ¹  men will fall by the sword,

your strong men will die in battle. ² 

Isaiah 3:2

3:2 the mighty men and warriors,

judges and prophets,

omen readers and leaders, ³ 

Isaiah 27:4

27:4 I am not angry.

I wish I could confront some thorns and briers!

Then I would march against them ⁴  for battle;

I would set them ⁵  all on fire,

Isaiah 28:6

28:6 He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions,

and strength to those who defend the city from attackers. ⁶ 

Isaiah 41:12

41:12 When you will look for your opponents, ⁷  you will not find them;

your enemies ⁸  will be reduced to absolutely nothing.

Isaiah 13:4

13:4 ⁹ There is a loud noise on the mountains –

it sounds like a large army! ¹⁰ 

There is great commotion among the kingdoms ¹¹  –

nations are being assembled!

The Lord who commands armies is mustering

forces for battle.

Isaiah 21:15

21:15 For they flee from the swords –

from the drawn sword

and from the battle-ready bow

and from the severity of the battle.

Isaiah 22:2

22:2 The noisy city is full of raucous sounds;

the town is filled with revelry. ¹² 

Your slain were not cut down by the sword;

they did not die in battle. ¹³ 

Isaiah 30:32

30:32 Every blow from his punishing cudgel, ¹⁴ 

with which the Lord will beat them, ¹⁵ 

will be accompanied by music from the ¹⁶  tambourine and harp,

and he will attack them with his weapons. ¹⁷ 

Isaiah 36:5

36:5 Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. ¹⁸  In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

Isaiah 42:13

42:13 The Lord emerges like a hero,

like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; ¹⁹ 

he shouts, yes, he yells,

he shows his enemies his power. ²⁰ 

Isaiah 42:25

42:25 So he poured out his fierce anger on them,

along with the devastation ²¹  of war.

Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; ²² 

it burned against them, but they did notice. ²³ 

Isaiah 2:4

2:4 He will judge disputes between nations;

he will settle cases for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares, ²⁴ 

and their spears into pruning hooks. ²⁵ 

Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,

and they will no longer train for war.

Isaiah 7:1

Ahaz Receives a Sign

7:1 During ²⁶  the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem ²⁷  to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it. ²⁸ 

[3:25]  ¹ tn The pronoun is feminine singular, suggesting personified Zion, as representative of its women, is the addressee. The reference to “her gates’ in v. 26 makes this identification almost certain.

[3:25]  ² tn Heb “your strength in battle.” The verb in the first clause provides the verbal idea for the second clause.

[3:2]  ³ tn Heb “elder” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NCV “older leaders.”

[27:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense. For other examples of a cohortative expressing resolve after a hypothetical statement introduced by נָתַן with מִי (miwith natan), see Judg 9:29; Jer 9:1-2; Ps 55:6.

[27:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense.

[28:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and [he will become] a spirit of justice for the one who sits [i.e., presides] over judgment, // and strength [for] the ones who turn back battle at the city gate.” The Lord will provide internal stability and national security.

[41:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “the men of your struggle”; NASB “those who quarrel with you.”

[41:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the men of your battle”; NAB “who do battle with you.”

[13:4]  ¹¹ sn In vv. 4-10 the prophet appears to be speaking, since the Lord is referred to in the third person. However, since the Lord refers to himself in the third person later in this chapter (see v. 13), it is possible that he speaks throughout the chapter.

[13:4]  ¹² tn Heb “a sound, a roar [is] on the mountains, like many people.”

[13:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “a sound, tumult of kingdoms.”

[22:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “the boisterous town.” The phrase is parallel to “the noisy city” in the preceding line.

[22:2]  ¹⁴ sn Apparently they died from starvation during the siege that preceded the final conquest of the city. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:409.

[30:32]  ¹⁵ tc The Hebrew text has “every blow from a founded [i.e., “appointed”?] cudgel.” The translation above, with support from a few medieval Hebrew mss, assumes an emendation of מוּסָדָה (musadah, “founded”) to מוּסָרֹה (musaroh, “his discipline”).

[30:32]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “which the Lord lays on him.”

[30:32]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “will be with” (KJV similar).

[30:32]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “and with battles of brandishing [weapons?] he will fight against him.” Some prefer to emend וּבְמִלְחֲמוֹת (uvÿmilkhamot, “and with battles of”) to וּבִמְחֹלוֹת (uvimkholot, “and with dancing”). Note the immediately preceding references to musical instruments.

[36:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “you say only a word of lips, counsel and might for battle.” Sennacherib’s message appears to be in broken Hebrew at this point. The phrase “word of lips” refers to mere or empty talk in Prov 14:23.

[42:13]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “like a man of war he stirs up zeal” (NIV similar).

[42:13]  ²⁰ tn Or perhaps, “he triumphs over his enemies” (cf. NIV); NLT “will crush all his enemies.”

[42:25]  ²¹ tn Heb “strength” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “fury”; NASB “fierceness”; NIV “violence.”

[42:25]  ²² tn Heb “and it blazed against him all around, but he did not know.” The subject of the third feminine singular verb “blazed” is the divine חֵמָה (khemah, “anger”) mentioned in the previous line.

[42:25]  ²³ tn Heb “and it burned against him, but he did not set [it] upon [the] heart.”

[2:4]  ²³ sn Instead of referring to the large plow as a whole, the plowshare is simply the metal tip which actually breaks the earth and cuts the furrow.

[2:4]  ²⁴ sn This implement was used to prune the vines, i.e., to cut off extra leaves and young shoots (H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:93; M. Klingbeil, NIDOTTE 1:1117-18). It was a short knife with a curved hook at the end sharpened on the inside like a sickle. Breaking weapons and fashioning agricultural implements indicates a transition from fear and stress to peace and security.

[7:1]  ²⁵ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[7:1]  ²⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:1]  ²⁷ tn Or perhaps, “but they were unable to attack it.” This statement sounds like a summary of the whole campaign. The following context explains why they were unable to defeat the southern kingdom. The parallel passage (2 Kgs 16:5; cf. Num 22:11; 1 Sam 17:9 for a similar construction) affirms that Syria and Israel besieged Ahaz. Consequently, the statement that “they were not able to battle against them” must refer to the inability to conquer Ahaz.