Isaiah 4:3

4:3 Those remaining in Zion, ¹  those left in Jerusalem, ² 

will be called “holy,” ³ 

all in Jerusalem who are destined to live. ⁴ 

Isaiah 38:16

38:16 O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life;

may years of life be restored to me. ⁵ 

Restore my health ⁶  and preserve my life.’

Isaiah 38:20

38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, ⁷ 

and we will celebrate with music ⁸ 

for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” ⁹ 

Isaiah 46:1

The Lord Carries His People

46:1 Bel ¹⁰  kneels down,

Nebo ¹¹  bends low.

Their images weigh down animals and beasts. ¹² 

Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals. ¹³ 

[4:3]  ¹ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[4:3]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[4:3]  ³ tn Or “set apart,” cf. CEV “special.”

[4:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “all who are written down for life in Jerusalem.” A city register is envisioned; everyone whose name appears on the roll will be spared. This group comprises the remnant of the city referred to earlier in the verse.

[38:16]  ⁵ tn The translation offered here is purely speculative. The text as it stands is meaningless and probably corrupt. It reads literally, “O lord, on account of them [the suffix is masculine plural], they live, and to all in them [the suffix is feminine plural], life of my spirit.”

[38:16]  ⁶ tn The prefixed verbal form could be taken as indicative, “you restore my health,” but the following imperatival form suggests it be understood as an imperfect of request.

[38:20]  ⁹ tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.

[38:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”

[38:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”

[46:1]  ¹³ sn Bel was the name of a Babylonian god. The name was originally associated with Enlil, but later was applied to Marduk. See HALOT 132 s.v. בֵּל.

[46:1]  ¹⁴ sn Nebo is a variation of the name of the Babylonian god Nabu.

[46:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “their images belong to animals and beasts”; NIV “their idols are borne by beasts of burden”; NLT “are being hauled away.”

[46:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “your loads are carried [as] a burden by a weary [animal].”