Isaiah 40:8

40:8 The grass dries up,

the flowers wither,

but the decree of our God is forever reliable.” ¹ 

Isaiah 1:10

1:10 Listen to the Lord’s word,

you leaders of Sodom! ² 

Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, ³ 

people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 26:13

26:13 O Lord, our God,

masters other than you have ruled us,

but we praise your name alone.

Isaiah 42:17

42:17 Those who trust in idols

will turn back and be utterly humiliated, ⁴ 

those who say to metal images, ‘You are our gods.’”

Isaiah 25:9

25:9 At that time they will say, ⁵ 

“Look, here ⁶  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ⁷  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Isaiah 37:20

37:20 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.” ⁸ 

Isaiah 52:10

52:10 The Lord reveals ⁹  his royal power ¹⁰ 

in the sight of all the nations;

the entire ¹¹  earth sees

our God deliver. ¹² 

Isaiah 55:7

55:7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle ¹³ 

and sinful people their plans. ¹⁴ 

They should return ¹⁵  to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, ¹⁶ 

and to their God, for he will freely forgive them. ¹⁷ 

Isaiah 59:13

59:13 We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord;

we turned back from following our God.

We stir up ¹⁸  oppression and rebellion;

we tell lies we concocted in our minds. ¹⁹ 

Isaiah 61:6

61:6 You will be called, ‘the Lord’s priests,

servants of our God.’ ²⁰ 

You will enjoy ²¹  the wealth of nations

and boast about ²²  the riches you receive from them. ²³ 

Isaiah 35:2

35:2 Let it richly bloom; ²⁴ 

let it rejoice and shout with delight! ²⁵ 

It is given the grandeur ²⁶  of Lebanon,

the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.

They will see the grandeur of the Lord,

the splendor of our God.

Isaiah 36:7

36:7 Perhaps you will tell me, ‘We are trusting in the Lord our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at this altar.’

[40:8]  ¹ tn Heb “but the word of our God stands forever.” In this context the divine “word” specifically refers to his decreed promise assuring Jerusalem that her suffering is over and his glorious return imminent (vv. 1-5).

[1:10]  ² sn Building on the simile of v. 9, the prophet sarcastically addresses the leaders and people of Jerusalem as if they were leaders and residents of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah. The sarcasm is appropriate, for if the judgment is comparable to Sodom’s, that must mean that the sin which prompted the judgment is comparable as well.

[1:10]  ³ tn Heb “to the instruction of our God.” In this context, which is highly accusatory and threatening, תּוֹרָה (torah, “law, instruction”) does not refer to mere teaching, but to corrective teaching and rebuke.

[42:17]  ³ tn Heb “be ashamed with shame”; ASV, NASB “be utterly put to shame.”

[25:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

[25:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “this [one].”

[25:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “this [one].”

[37:20]  ⁵ tn The parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:19 reads, “that you, Lord, are the only God.”

[52:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”

[52:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.

[52:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.

[52:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.

[55:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “Let the wicked one abandon his way.” The singular is collective.

[55:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the man of evil his thoughts.” The singular is collective.

[55:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “let him return.” The singular is collective, meaning “let them.”

[55:7]  ¹⁰ tn The imperfect with vav (ו) conjunctive after the jussive indicates purpose/result.

[55:7]  ¹¹ sn The appeal and promise of vv. 6-7 echoes the language of Deut 4:25-31; 30:1-10; and 1 Kgs 8:46-53, all of which anticipate the exile and speak of the prerequisites for restoration.

[59:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “speaking.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[59:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”

[61:6]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “it will be said concerning you.”

[61:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “eat” (KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV “feed on”; NLT “be fed with.”

[61:6]  ¹¹ tc The form in the Hebrew text is probably a corruption of יִתְאַמְּרוּ (yit’ammÿru), a Hitpael from אָמַר (’amar), meaning “boast about” (see HALOT 67 s.v. II אמר, HALOT 416 s.v. ימר, and BDB 56 s.v. אָמַר).

[61:6]  ¹² tn Heb “their glory” (i.e., riches).

[35:2]  ¹⁰ tn The ambiguous verb form תִּפְרַח (tifrakh) is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel).

[35:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and let it rejoice, yes [with] rejoicing and shouting.” גִּילַת (gilat) may be an archaic feminine nominal form (see GKC 421 §130.b).

[35:2]  ¹² tn Or “glory” (KJV, NIV, NRSV); also a second time later in this verse.