Isaiah 30:17

30:17 One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; ¹ 

at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, ² 

until the remaining few are as isolated ³ 

as a flagpole on a mountaintop

or a signal flag on a hill.”

Isaiah 47:10

47:10 You were complacent in your evil deeds; ⁴ 

you thought, ⁵  ‘No one sees me.’

Your self-professed ⁶  wisdom and knowledge lead you astray,

when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’ ⁷ 

Isaiah 63:5

63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;

I was shocked because there was no one offering support. ⁸ 

So my right arm accomplished deliverance;

my raging anger drove me on. ⁹ 

[30:17]  ¹ tn Heb “One thousand from before [or “because of”] one battle cry.” גְּעָרָה (gÿ’arah) is often defined as “threat,” but in war contexts it likely refers to a shout or battle cry. See Ps 76:6.

[30:17]  ² tn Heb “from before [or “because of”] the battle cry of five you will flee.

[30:17]  ³ tn Heb “until you are left” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[47:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “you trusted in your evil”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “wickedness.”

[47:10]  ⁵ tn Or “said”; NAB “said to yourself”’ NASB “said in your heart.”

[47:10]  ⁶ tn The words “self-professed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[47:10]  ⁷ tn See the note at v. 8.

[63:5]  ⁷ sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.

[63:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”