Isaiah 32:9

The Lord Will Give True Security

32:9 You complacent ¹  women,

get up and listen to me!

You carefree ²  daughters,

pay attention to what I say!

Isaiah 4:1

4:1 Seven women will grab hold of

one man at that time. ³ 

They will say, “We will provide ⁴  our own food,

we will provide ⁵  our own clothes;

but let us belong to you ⁶  –

take away our shame!” ⁷ 

Isaiah 27:11

27:11 When its branches get brittle, ⁸  they break;

women come and use them for kindling. ⁹ 

For these people lack understanding, ¹⁰ 

therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them;

the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

[32:9]  ¹ tn Or “self-assured”; NASB, NRSV “who are at ease.”

[32:9]  ² tn Or “self-confident”; NAB “overconfident.”

[4:1]  ³ tn Or “in that day” (ASV).

[4:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “eat” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “buy.”

[4:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “wear” (so NASB, NRSV); NCV “make.”

[4:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “only let your name be called over us.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28, and BDB 896 s.v. I ָקרָא Niph. 2.d.(4). The language reflects the cultural reality of ancient Israel, where women were legally the property of their husbands.

[4:1]  ⁷ sn This refers to the humiliation of being unmarried and childless. The women’s words reflect the cultural standards of ancient Israel, where a woman’s primary duties were to be a wife and mother.

[27:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “are dry” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[27:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “women come [and] light it.” The city is likened to a dead tree with dried up branches that is only good for firewood.

[27:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “for not a people of understanding [is] he.”