Isaiah 37:23

37:23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?

At whom have you shouted

and looked so arrogantly? ¹ 

At the Holy One of Israel! ² 

Isaiah 51:7

51:7 Listen to me, you who know what is right,

you people who are aware of my law! ³ 

Don’t be afraid of the insults of men;

don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!

Isaiah 37:24

37:24 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ⁴ 

‘With my many chariots I climbed up

the high mountains,

the slopes of Lebanon.

I cut down its tall cedars

and its best evergreens.

I invaded its most remote regions, ⁵ 

its thickest woods.

[37:23]  ¹ tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?” Cf. NIV “lifted your eyes in pride”; NRSV “haughtily lifted your eyes.”

[37:23]  ² sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[51:7]  ³ tn Heb “people (who have) my law in their heart.”

[37:24]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[37:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “the height of its extremity”; ASV “its farthest height.”