

[33:11] 1 tn The second person verb and pronominal forms in this verse are plural. The hostile nations are the addressed, as the next verse makes clear.
[33:11] 2 sn The hostile nations’ plans to destroy God’s people will come to nothing; their hostility will end up being self-destructive.
[45:10] 3 tn Heb “Woe [to] one who says” (NASB and NIV both similar); NCV “How terrible it will be.”
[45:10] 4 tn See the note at v. 9. This phrase occurs a second time later in this verse.
[45:10] 5 sn Verses 9-10 may allude to the exiles’ criticism that the Lord does not appear to know what he is doing.