Isaiah 34:12

34:12 Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom

and all her officials will disappear. ¹ 

Isaiah 41:12

41:12 When you will look for your opponents, ²  you will not find them;

your enemies ³  will be reduced to absolutely nothing.

Isaiah 45:6

45:6 I do this ⁴  so people ⁵  will recognize from east to west

that there is no God but me;

I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Isaiah 45:22

45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, ⁶ 

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

For I am God, and I have no peer.

Isaiah 46:9

46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! ⁷ 

Truly I am God, I have no peer; ⁸ 

I am God, and there is none like me,

Isaiah 54:15

54:15 If anyone dares to ⁹  challenge you, it will not be my doing!

Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated. ¹⁰ 

[34:12]  ¹ tn Heb “will be nothing”; NCV, TEV, NLT “will all be gone.”

[41:12]  ² tn Heb “the men of your struggle”; NASB “those who quarrel with you.”

[41:12]  ³ tn Heb “the men of your battle”; NAB “who do battle with you.”

[45:6]  ³ tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”

[45:22]  ⁴ 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.”

[46:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “remember the former things, from antiquity”; KJV, ASV “the former things of old.”

[46:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there is no other” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[54:15]  ⁶ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb here for emphasis.

[54:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “will fall over you.” The expression נָפַל עַל (nafal ’al) can mean “attack,” but here it means “fall over to,” i.e., “surrender to.”