Isaiah 4:5

4:5 Then the Lord will create

over all of Mount Zion ¹ 

and over its convocations

a cloud and smoke by day

and a bright flame of fire by night; ² 

indeed a canopy will accompany the Lord’s glorious presence. ³ 

Isaiah 28:19

28:19 Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you;

indeed, ⁴  every morning it will sweep by,

it will come through during the day and the night.” ⁵ 

When this announcement is understood,

it will cause nothing but terror.

Isaiah 52:5

52:5 And now, what do we have here?” ⁶  says the Lord.

“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,

those who rule over them taunt,” ⁷  says the Lord,

“and my name is constantly slandered ⁸  all day long.

[4:5]  ¹ tn Heb “over all the place, Mount Zion.” Cf. NLT “Jerusalem”; CEV “the whole city.”

[4:5]  ² tn Heb “a cloud by day, and smoke, and brightness of fire, a flame by night.” Though the accents in the Hebrew text suggest otherwise, it might be preferable to take “smoke” with what follows, since one would expect smoke to accompany fire.

[4:5]  ³ tn Heb “indeed (or “for”) over all the glory, a canopy.” This may allude to Exod 40:34-35, where a cloud overshadows the meeting tent as it is filled with God’s glory.

[28:19]  ⁴ tn Or “for” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[28:19]  ⁵ tn The words “it will come through” are supplied in the translation. The verb “will sweep by” does double duty in the parallel structure.

[52:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”

[52:5]  ⁸ tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root יָלַל (yalal, “howl”), perhaps here in the sense of “mock.” Some emend the form to יְהוֹלָּלוֹ (yÿhollalo) and understand a Polel form of the root הָלַל meaning here “mock, taunt.”

[52:5]  ⁹ tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, ת) from the root נָאַץ (na’ats), but GKC 151-52 §55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.