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 51:20

51:20 Your children faint;

they lie at the head of every street

like an antelope in a snare.

They are left in a stupor by the Lord’s anger,

by the battle cry of your God. ⁴ 

Isaiah 66:15

66:15 For look, the Lord comes with fire,

his chariots come like a windstorm, ⁵ 

to reveal his raging anger,

his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. ⁶ 

Isaiah 50:2

50:2 Why does no one challenge me when I come?

Why does no one respond when I call? ⁷ 

Is my hand too weak ⁸  to deliver ⁹  you?

Do I lack the power to rescue you?

Look, with a mere shout ¹⁰  I can dry up the sea;

I can turn streams into a desert,

so the fish rot away and die

from lack of water. ¹¹ 

[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).

[51:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “those who are full of the anger of the Lord, the shout [or “rebuke”] of your God.”

[66:15]  ⁷ sn Chariots are like a windstorm in their swift movement and in the way that they kick up dust.

[66:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “to cause to return with the rage of his anger, and his battle cry [or “rebuke”] with flames of fire.”

[50:2]  ¹⁰ sn The present tense translation of the verbs assumes that the Lord is questioning why Israel does not attempt to counter his arguments. Another possibility is to take the verbs as referring to past events: “Why did no one meet me when I came? Why did no one answer when I called?” In this case the Lord might be asking why Israel rejected his calls to repent and his offer to deliver them.

[50:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV).

[50:2]  ¹² tn Or “ransom” (NAB, NASB, NIV).

[50:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “with my rebuke.”

[50:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the fish stink from lack of water and die from thirst.”