Isaiah 30:20

30:20 The sovereign master ¹  will give you distress to eat

and suffering to drink; ² 

but your teachers will no longer be hidden;

your eyes will see them. ³ 

Isaiah 37:23

37:23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?

At whom have you shouted

and looked so arrogantly? ⁴ 

At the Holy One of Israel! ⁵ 

Isaiah 49:18

49:18 Look all around you! ⁶ 

All of them gather to you.

As surely as I live,” says the Lord,

“you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry;

you will put them on as if you were a bride.

Isaiah 60:4

60:4 Look all around you! ⁷ 

They all gather and come to you –

your sons come from far away

and your daughters are escorted by guardians.

[30:20]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).

[30:20]  ² tn Heb “and the Master will give to you bread – distress, and water – oppression.”

[30:20]  ³ tn Heb “but your teachers will no longer be hidden, your eyes will be seeing your teachers.” The translation assumes that the form מוֹרֶיךָ (morekha) is a plural participle, referring to spiritual leaders such as prophets and priests. Another possibility is that the form is actually singular (see GKC 273-74 §93.ss) or a plural of respect, referring to God as the master teacher. See HALOT 560-61 s.v. III מוֹרֶה. For discussion of the views, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:560.

[37:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?” Cf. NIV “lifted your eyes in pride”; NRSV “haughtily lifted your eyes.”

[37:23]  ⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[49:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “Lift up around your eyes and see.”

[60:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Lift up around your eyes and see!”