Isaiah 40:9

40:9 Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion!

Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! ¹ 

Shout, don’t be afraid!

Say to the towns of Judah,

“Here is your God!”

Isaiah 52:8

52:8 Listen, ²  your watchmen shout;

in unison they shout for joy,

for they see with their very own eyes ³ 

the Lord’s return to Zion.

Isaiah 58:1

The Lord Desires Genuine Devotion

58:1 “Shout loudly! Don’t be quiet!

Yell as loud as a trumpet!

Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; ⁴ 

confront Jacob’s family with their sin! ⁵ 

Hosea 8:1

God Will Raise Up the Assyrians to Attack Israel

8:1 Sound the alarm! ⁶ 

An eagle ⁷  looms over the temple of the Lord!

For they have broken their covenant with me, ⁸ 

and have rebelled against my law.

[40:9]  ¹ tn The second feminine singular imperatives are addressed to personified Zion/Jerusalem, who is here told to ascend a high hill and proclaim the good news of the Lord’s return to the other towns of Judah. Isa 41:27 and 52:7 speak of a herald sent to Zion, but the masculine singular form מְבַשֵּׂר (mÿvaser) is used in these verses, in contrast to the feminine singular form מְבַשֶּׂרֶת (mÿvaseret) employed in 40:9, where Zion is addressed as a herald.

[52:8]  ² tn קוֹל (qol, “voice”) is used at the beginning of the verse as an interjection.

[52:8]  ³ tn Heb “eye in eye”; KJV, ASV “eye to eye”; NAB “directly, before their eyes.”

[58:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “declare to my people their rebellion.”

[58:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and to the house of Jacob their sin.” The verb “declare” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “A horn unto your gums!”; NAB “A trumpet to your lips!”

[8:1]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps “A vulture.” Some identify the species indicated by the Hebrew term נֶשֶׁר (nesher) as the griffon vulture (cf. NEB, NRSV).

[8:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “my covenant” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “the covenant I made with them.”