Isaiah 33:22

33:22 For the Lord, our ruler,

the Lord, our commander,

the Lord, our king –

he will deliver us.

Isaiah 37:35

37:35 I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’” ¹ 

Isaiah 38:20

38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, ² 

and we will celebrate with music ³ 

for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” ⁴ 

Isaiah 45:17

45:17 Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; ⁵ 

you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. ⁶ 

Isaiah 45:22

45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, ⁷ 

all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!

For I am God, and I have no peer.

Isaiah 47:15

47:15 They will disappoint you, ⁸ 

those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. ⁹ 

Each strays off in his own direction, ¹⁰ 

leaving no one to rescue you.”

Isaiah 59:1

Injustice Brings Alienation from God

59:1 Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak ¹¹  to deliver you;

his ear is not too deaf to hear you. ¹² 

Isaiah 63:5

63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;

I was shocked because there was no one offering support. ¹³ 

So my right arm accomplished deliverance;

my raging anger drove me on. ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 63:8

63:8 He said, “Certainly they will be my people,

children who are not disloyal.” ¹⁵ 

He became their deliverer.

[37:35]  ¹ tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”

[38:20]  ¹ tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.

[38:20]  ² tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”

[38:20]  ³ tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”

[45:17]  ¹ tn Heb “Israel will be delivered by the Lord [with] a permanent deliverance.”

[45:17]  ² tn Heb “you will not be ashamed and you will not be humiliated for ages of future time.”

[45:22]  ¹ tn The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”

[47:15]  ¹ tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”

[47:15]  ² tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.

[47:15]  ³ tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”

[59:1]  ¹ tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[59:1]  ² tn Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”

[63:5]  ¹ sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.

[63:5]  ² tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”

[63:8]  ¹ tn Heb “children [who] do not act deceitfully.” Here the verb refers to covenantal loyalty.