Isaiah 34:1

The Lord Will Judge Edom

34:1 Come near, you nations, and listen!

Pay attention, you people!

The earth and everything it contains must listen,

the world and everything that lives in it. ¹ 

Isaiah 41:1

The Lord Challenges the Nations

41:1 “Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! ² 

Let the nations find renewed strength!

Let them approach and then speak;

let us come together for debate! ³ 

Isaiah 43:4

43:4 Since you are precious and special in my sight, ⁴ 

and I love you,

I will hand over people in place of you,

nations in place of your life.

[34:1]  ¹ tn Heb “the world and its offspring”; NASB “the world and all that springs from it.”

[41:1]  ² tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV, CEV); TEV “distant lands”; NLT “lands beyond the sea.”

[41:1]  ³ tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) could be translated “judgment,” but here it seems to refer to the dispute or debate between the Lord and the nations.

[43:4]  ³ tn Heb “Since you are precious in my eyes and you are honored.”