Isaiah 36:10

36:10 Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this land to destroy it. The Lord told me, ‘March up against this land and destroy it!’”’” ¹ 

Isaiah 65:8

65:8 This is what the Lord says:

“When ²  juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,

someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ ³ 

So I will do for the sake of my servants –

I will not destroy everyone. ⁴ 

Isaiah 11:9

11:9 They will no longer injure or destroy

on my entire royal mountain. ⁵ 

For there will be universal submission to the Lord’s sovereignty,

just as the waters completely cover the sea. ⁶ 

Isaiah 14:20

14:20 You will not be buried with them, ⁷ 

because you destroyed your land

and killed your people.

The offspring of the wicked

will never be mentioned again.

Isaiah 37:12

37:12 Were the nations whom my predecessors ⁸  destroyed – the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar – rescued by their gods? ⁹ 

Isaiah 54:16

54:16 Look, I create the craftsman,

who fans the coals into a fire

and forges a weapon. ¹⁰ 

I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

Isaiah 1:4

1:4 ¹¹ The sinful nation is as good as dead, ¹² 

the people weighed down by evil deeds.

They are offspring who do wrong,

children ¹³  who do wicked things.

They have abandoned the Lord,

and rejected the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁴ 

They are alienated from him. ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 51:13

51:13 Why do you forget ¹⁶  the Lord, who made you,

who stretched out the sky ¹⁷ 

and founded the earth?

Why do you constantly tremble all day long ¹⁸ 

at the anger of the oppressor,

when he makes plans to destroy?

Where is the anger of the oppressor? ¹⁹ 

Isaiah 65:25

65:25 A wolf and a lamb will graze together; ²⁰ 

a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, ²¹ 

and a snake’s food will be dirt. ²² 

They will no longer injure or destroy

on my entire royal mountain,” ²³  says the Lord.

[36:10]  ¹ sn In v. 10 the chief adviser develops further the argument begun in v. 7. He claims that Hezekiah has offended the Lord and that the Lord has commissioned Assyria as his instrument of discipline and judgment.

[65:8]  ² tn Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”

[65:8]  ³ tn Heb “for a blessing is in it.”

[65:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “by not destroying everyone.”

[11:9]  ³ tn Heb “in all my holy mountain.” In the most basic sense the Lord’s “holy mountain” is the mountain from which he rules over his kingdom (see Ezek 28:14, 16). More specifically it probably refers to Mount Zion/Jerusalem or to the entire land of Israel (see Pss 2:6; 15:1; 43:3; Isa 56:7; 57:13; Ezek 20:40; Ob 16; Zeph 3:11). If the Lord’s universal kingdom is in view in this context (see the note on “earth” at v. 4), then the phrase would probably be metonymic here, standing for God’s worldwide dominion (see the next line).

[11:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the earth will be full of knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” The translation assumes that a universal kingdom is depicted here, but אֶרֶץ (’erets) could be translated “land” (see the note at v. 4). “Knowledge of the Lord” refers here to a recognition of the Lord’s sovereignty which results in a willingness to submit to his authority. See the note at v. 2.

[14:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “you will not be united with them in burial” (so NASB).

[37:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV “forefathers”; NCV “ancestors.”

[37:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “Did the gods of the nations whom my fathers destroyed rescue them – Gozan and Haran, and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who are in Telassar?”

[54:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “who brings out an implement for his work.”

[1:4]  ⁷ sn Having summoned the witnesses and announced the Lord’s accusation against Israel, Isaiah mourns the nation’s impending doom. The third person references to the Lord in the second half of the verse suggest that the quotation from the Lord (cf. vv. 2-3) has concluded.

[1:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “Woe [to the] sinful nation.” The Hebrew term הוֹי, (hoy, “woe, ah”) was used in funeral laments (see 1 Kgs 13:30; Jer 22:18; 34:5) and carries the connotation of death. In highly dramatic fashion the prophet acts out Israel’s funeral in advance, emphasizing that their demise is inevitable if they do not repent soon.

[1:4]  ⁹ tn Or “sons” (NASB). The prophet contrasts four terms of privilege – nation, people, offspring, children – with four terms that depict Israel’s sinful condition in Isaiah’s day – sinful, evil, wrong, wicked (see J. A. Motyer, The Prophecy of Isaiah, 43).

[1:4]  ¹⁰ sn Holy One of Israel is one of Isaiah’s favorite divine titles for God. It pictures the Lord as the sovereign king who rules over his covenant people and exercises moral authority over them.

[1:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they are estranged backward.” The LXX omits this statement, which presents syntactical problems and seems to be outside the synonymous parallelistic structure of the verse.

[51:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “and that you forget.”

[51:13]  ⁹ tn Or “the heavens” (also in v. 16). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[51:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and that you tremble constantly all the day.”

[51:13]  ¹¹ tn The question anticipates the answer, “Ready to disappear!” See v. 14.

[65:25]  ⁹ sn A similar statement appears in 11:6.

[65:25]  ¹⁰ sn These words also appear in 11:7.

[65:25]  ¹¹ sn Some see an allusion to Gen 3:14 (note “you will eat dirt”). The point would be that even in this new era the snake (often taken as a symbol of Satan) remains under God’s curse. However, it is unlikely that such an allusion exists. Even if there is an echo of Gen 3:14, the primary allusion is to 11:8, where snakes are pictured as no longer dangerous. They will no longer attack other living creatures, but will be content to crawl along the ground. (The statement “you will eat dirt” in Gen 3:14 means “you will crawl on the ground.” In the same way the statement “dirt will be its food” in Isa 65:25 means “it will crawl on the ground.”)

[65:25]  ¹² tn Heb “in all my holy mountain.” These same words appear in 11:9. See the note there.