Isaiah 38:11

38:11 “I thought,

‘I will no longer see the Lord ¹  in the land of the living,

I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world. ² 

Isaiah 66:2

66:2 My hand made them; ³ 

that is how they came to be,” ⁴  says the Lord.

I show special favor ⁵  to the humble and contrite,

who respect what I have to say. ⁶ 

[38:11]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has יָהּ יָהּ (yah yah, the abbreviated form of יְהוָה [yÿhvah] repeated), but this is probably a corruption of יְהוָה.

[38:11]  ² tc The Hebrew text has חָדֶל (khadel), which appears to be derived from a verbal root meaning “to cease, refrain.” But the form has probably suffered an error of transmission; the original form (attested in a few medieval Hebrew mss) was likely חֶלֶד (kheled, “world”).

[66:2]  ³ tn Heb “all these.” The phrase refers to the heavens and earth, mentioned in the previous verse.

[66:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and all these were.” Some prefer to emend וַיִּהְיוּ (vayyihyu, “and they were”) to וְלִי הָיוּ (vÿli hayu, “and to me they were”), i.e., “and they belong to me.”

[66:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and to this one I look” (KJV and NASB both similar).

[66:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”