Isaiah 32:18

32:18 My people will live in peaceful settlements,

in secure homes,

and in safe, quiet places. ¹ 

Isaiah 32:9

The Lord Will Give True Security

32:9 You complacent ²  women,

get up and listen to me!

You carefree ³  daughters,

pay attention to what I say!

Isaiah 32:11

32:11 Tremble, you complacent ones!

Shake with fear, you carefree ones!

Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves –

put sackcloth on your waist! ⁴ 

Isaiah 37:29

37:29 Because you rage against me

and the uproar you create has reached my ears, ⁵ 

I will put my hook in your nose, ⁶ 

and my bridle between your lips,

and I will lead you back

the way you came.”

Isaiah 33:20

33:20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!

You ⁷  will see Jerusalem, ⁸ 

a peaceful settlement,

a tent that stays put; ⁹ 

its stakes will never be pulled up;

none of its ropes will snap in two.

[32:18]  ¹ tn Or “in safe resting places”; NAB, NRSV “quiet resting places.”

[32:9]  ² tn Or “self-assured”; NASB, NRSV “who are at ease.”

[32:9]  ³ tn Or “self-confident”; NAB “overconfident.”

[32:11]  ³ tn The imperatival forms in v. 11 are problematic. The first (חִרְדוּ, khirdu, “tremble”) is masculine plural in form, though spoken to a feminine plural addressee (שַׁאֲנַנּוֹת, sha’anannot, “complacent ones”). The four imperatival forms that follow (רְגָזָה, rÿgazah, “shake with fear”; פְּשֹׁטָה, pÿshotah, “strip off your clothes”; עֹרָה, ’orah, “expose yourselves”; and חֲגוֹרָה, khagorah, “put on”) all appear to be lengthened (so-called “emphatic”) masculine singular forms, even though they too appear to be spoken to a feminine plural addressee. GKC 131-32 §48.i suggests emending חִרְדוּ (khirdu) to חֲרָדָה (kharadah) and understanding all five imperatives as feminine plural “aramaized” forms.

[37:29]  ⁴ tc Heb “and your complacency comes up into my ears.” The parallelism is improved if שַׁאֲנַנְךָ (sha’anankha, “your complacency”) is emended to שְׁאוֹנְךָ (shÿ’onÿkha, “your uproar”). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 237-38. However, the LXX seems to support the MT and Sennacherib’s cavalier dismissal of Yahweh depicts an arrogant complacency (J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 1:658, n. 10).

[37:29]  ⁵ sn The word-picture has a parallel in Assyrian sculpture. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 238.

[33:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “your eyes” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[33:20]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[33:20]  ⁷ tn Or “that does not travel”; NASB “which shall not be folded.”