Isaiah 32:6

32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; ¹ 

his mind plans out sinful deeds. ² 

He commits godless deeds ³ 

and says misleading things about the Lord;

he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite ⁴ 

and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. ⁵ 

Isaiah 37:26

37:26 ⁶ Certainly you must have heard! ⁷ 

Long ago I worked it out,

in ancient times I planned ⁸  it,

and now I am bringing it to pass.

The plan is this:

Fortified cities will crash

into heaps of ruins. ⁹ 

Isaiah 40:24

40:24 Indeed, they are barely planted;

yes, they are barely sown;

yes, they barely take root in the earth,

and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up,

and the wind carries them away like straw.

Isaiah 45:8

45:8 O sky, rain down from above!

Let the clouds send down showers ¹⁰  of deliverance!

Let the earth absorb it ¹¹  so salvation may grow, ¹² 

and deliverance may sprout up ¹³  along with it.

I, the Lord, create it. ¹⁴ 

[32:6]  ¹ tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.

[32:6]  ² tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”

[32:6]  ³ tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”

[32:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”

[32:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”

[37:26]  ⁶ tn Having quoted the Assyrian king’s arrogant words in vv. 23-24, the Lord now speaks to the king.

[37:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “Have you not heard?” The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s amazement that anyone might be ignorant of what he is about to say.

[37:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “formed” (so KJV, ASV).

[37:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “and it is to cause to crash into heaps of ruins fortified cities.” The subject of the third feminine singular verb תְהִי (tÿhi) is the implied plan, referred to in the preceding lines with third feminine singular pronominal suffixes.

[45:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “let the clouds drip with”; KJV “let the skies pour down.”

[45:8]  ¹² tn Heb “open up” (so NASB); NIV, NLT “open wide.”

[45:8]  ¹³ tc The plural verb should be emended to a singular form. The vav (ו) ending is probably virtually dittographic (note the yod at the beginning of the following word).

[45:8]  ¹⁴ tc The Hiphil verb form (תַצְמִיחַ, tatsmiakh) should probably be emended to a Qal (תִצְמַח, titsmakh). The יח sequence at the end of the form is probably due to dittography (note the following יַחַד, yakhad).

[45:8]  ¹⁵ tn The masculine singular pronominal suffix probably refers back to יָשַׁע (yasha’, “salvation”).