Isaiah 3:6-7

3:6 Indeed, a man will grab his brother

right in his father’s house ¹  and say, ² 

‘You own a coat –

you be our leader!

This heap of ruins will be under your control.’ ³ 

3:7 At that time ⁴  the brother will shout, ⁵ 

‘I am no doctor, ⁶ 

I have no food or coat in my house;

don’t make me a leader of the people!’”

Isaiah 4:1

4:1 Seven women will grab hold of

one man at that time. ⁷ 

They will say, “We will provide ⁸  our own food,

we will provide ⁹  our own clothes;

but let us belong to you ¹⁰  –

take away our shame!” ¹¹ 

Isaiah 9:5

9:5 Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth ¹² 

and every garment dragged through blood

is used as fuel for the fire.

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “[in] the house of his father” (so ASV); NIV “at his father’s home.”

[3:6]  ² tn The words “and say” are supplied for stylistic reasons.

[3:6]  ³ tn Heb “your hand”; NASB “under your charge.”

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “he will lift up [his voice].”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “wrapper [of wounds]”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “healer.”

[4:1]  ⁷ tn Or “in that day” (ASV).

[4:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “eat” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “buy.”

[4:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “wear” (so NASB, NRSV); NCV “make.”

[4:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “only let your name be called over us.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28, and BDB 896 s.v. I ָקרָא Niph. 2.d.(4). The language reflects the cultural reality of ancient Israel, where women were legally the property of their husbands.

[4:1]  ¹¹ sn This refers to the humiliation of being unmarried and childless. The women’s words reflect the cultural standards of ancient Israel, where a woman’s primary duties were to be a wife and mother.

[9:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Indeed every boot marching with shaking.” On the meaning of סְאוֹן (sÿ’on, “boot”) and the related denominative verb, both of which occur only here, see HALOT 738 s.v. סְאוֹן.