Isaiah 37:7

37:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; ¹  he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ²  with a sword in his own land.”’”

Isaiah 37:35-36

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.”’” ³ 

37:36 The Lord’s messenger ⁴  went out and killed 185,000 troops ⁵  in the Assyrian camp. When they ⁶  got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses! ⁷ 

Isaiah 46:10

46:10 who announces the end from the beginning

and reveals beforehand ⁸  what has not yet occurred,

who says, ‘My plan will be realized,

I will accomplish what I desire,’

Isaiah 48:4-7

48:4 I did this ⁹  because I know how stubborn you are.

Your neck muscles are like iron

and your forehead like bronze. ¹⁰ 

48:5 I announced them to you beforehand;

before they happened, I predicted them for you,

so you could never say,

‘My image did these things,

my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’

48:6 You have heard; now look at all the evidence! ¹¹ 

Will you not admit that what I say is true? ¹² 

From this point on I am announcing to you new events

that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about. ¹³ 

48:7 Now they come into being, ¹⁴  not in the past;

before today you did not hear about them,

so you could not say,

‘Yes, ¹⁵  I know about them.’

[37:7]  ¹ tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

[37:7]  ² tn Heb “cause him to fall” (so KJV, ASV, NAB), that is, “kill him.”

[37:35]  ³ tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”

[37:36]  ⁴ tn Traditionally, “the angel of the Lord” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[37:36]  ⁵ tn The word “troops” is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity.

[37:36]  ⁶ tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.

[37:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies”; NLT “they found corpses everywhere.”

[46:10]  ⁸ tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”

[48:4]  ⁹ tn The words “I did this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text v. 4 is subordinated to v. 3.

[48:4]  ¹⁰ sn The image is that of a person who has tensed the muscles of the face and neck as a sign of resolute refusal.

[48:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “gaze [at] all of it”; KJV “see all this.”

[48:6]  ¹² tn Heb “[as for] you, will you not declare?”

[48:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “and hidden things, and you do not know them.”

[48:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”

[48:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”