Isaiah 4:1

4:1 Seven women will grab hold of

one man at that time. ¹ 

They will say, “We will provide ²  our own food,

we will provide ³  our own clothes;

but let us belong to you ⁴  –

take away our shame!” ⁵ 

Isaiah 22:21

22:21 I will put your robe on him, tie your belt around him, and transfer your authority to him. ⁶  He will become a protector of ⁷  the residents of Jerusalem and of the people ⁸  of Judah.

Isaiah 28:22

28:22 So now, do not mock,

or your chains will become heavier!

For I have heard a message about decreed destruction,

from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land. ⁹ 

Isaiah 33:23

33:23 Though at this time your ropes are slack, ¹⁰ 

the mast is not secured, ¹¹ 

and the sail ¹²  is not unfurled,

at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; ¹³ 

even the lame will drag off plunder. ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 35:4

35:4 Tell those who panic, ¹⁵ 

“Be strong! Do not fear!

Look, your God comes to avenge!

With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.” ¹⁶ 

Isaiah 39:1

Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah

39:1 At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered.

Isaiah 41:9

41:9 you whom I am bringing back ¹⁷  from the earth’s extremities,

and have summoned from the remote regions –

I told you, “You are my servant.”

I have chosen you and not rejected you.

Isaiah 56:2

56:2 The people who do this will be blessed, ¹⁸ 

the people who commit themselves to obedience, ¹⁹ 

who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

who refrain from doing anything that is wrong. ²⁰ 

Isaiah 56:4

56:4 For this is what the Lord says:

“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths

and choose what pleases me

and are faithful to ²¹  my covenant,

Isaiah 64:7

64:7 No one invokes ²²  your name,

or makes an effort ²³  to take hold of you.

For you have rejected us ²⁴ 

and handed us over to our own sins. ²⁵ 

[4:1]  ¹ tn Or “in that day” (ASV).

[4:1]  ² tn Heb “eat” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “buy.”

[4:1]  ³ tn Heb “wear” (so NASB, NRSV); NCV “make.”

[4:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “only let your name be called over us.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28, and BDB 896 s.v. I ָקרָא Niph. 2.d.(4). The language reflects the cultural reality of ancient Israel, where women were legally the property of their husbands.

[4:1]  ⁵ sn This refers to the humiliation of being unmarried and childless. The women’s words reflect the cultural standards of ancient Israel, where a woman’s primary duties were to be a wife and mother.

[22:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and your dominion I will place in his hand.”

[22:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “a father to.” The Hebrew term אָב (’av, “father”) is here used metaphorically of one who protects and supports those under his care and authority, like a father does his family. For another example of this metaphorical use of the word, see Job 29:16.

[22:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “house.”

[28:22]  ¹¹ tn Or “the whole earth” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NCV).

[33:23]  ¹⁶ tn The words “though at this time” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The first half of the verse is addressed to Judah and contrasts the nation’s present weakness with its future prosperity. Judah is compared to a ship that is incapable of sailing.

[33:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “they do not fasten the base of their mast.” On כֵּן (ken, “base”) see BDB 487 s.v. III כֵּן and HALOT 483 s.v. III כֵּן.

[33:23]  ¹⁸ tn Or perhaps, “flag.”

[33:23]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “then there will be divided up loot of plunder [in] abundance.”

[33:23]  ²⁰ sn Judah’s victory over its enemies will be so thorough there will be more than enough plunder for everyone, even slow-moving lame men who would normally get left out in the rush to gather the loot.

[35:4]  ²¹ tn Heb “Say to the hasty of heart,” i.e., those whose hearts beat quickly from fear.

[35:4]  ²² tn The jussive form וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶם (vÿyosha’akhem), which is subordinated to the preceding imperfect with vav conjunctive, indicates purpose.

[41:9]  ²⁶ tn Heb “whom I have taken hold of [i.e., to lead back].”

[56:2]  ³¹ tn Heb “blessed is the man who does this.”

[56:2]  ³² tn Heb “the son of mankind who takes hold of it.”

[56:2]  ³³ tn Heb and who keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

[56:4]  ³⁶ tn Heb “and take hold of” (so KJV); NASB “hold fast.”

[64:7]  ⁴¹ tn Or “calls out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “calls on.”

[64:7]  ⁴² tn Or “rouses himself”; NASB “arouses himself.”

[64:7]  ⁴³ tn Heb “for you have hidden your face from us.”

[64:7]  ⁴⁴ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and you caused us to melt in the hand of our sin.” The verb וַתְּמוּגֵנוּ (vattÿmugenu) is a Qal preterite 2nd person masculine singular with a 1st person common plural suffix from the root מוּג (mug, “melt”). However, elsewhere the Qal of this verb is intransitive. If the verbal root מוּג (mug) is retained here, the form should be emended to a Polel pattern (וַתְּמֹגְגֵנוּ, vattÿmogÿgenu). The translation assumes an emendation to וַתְּמַגְּנֵנוּ (vattÿmaggÿnenu, “and you handed us over”). This form is a Piel preterite 2nd person masculine singular with a 1st person common plural suffix from the verbal root מִגֵּן (miggen, “hand over, surrender”; see HALOT 545 s.v. מגן and BDB 171 s.v. מָגָן). The point is that God has abandoned them to their sinful ways and no longer seeks reconciliation.