Isaiah 41:20

41:20 I will do this so ¹  people ²  will observe and recognize,

so they will pay attention and understand

that the Lord’s power ³  has accomplished this,

and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.” ⁴ 

Isaiah 28:7

28:7 Even these men ⁵  stagger because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer –

priests and prophets stagger because of beer,

they are confused ⁶  because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer;

they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, ⁷ 

they totter while making legal decisions. ⁸ 

Isaiah 45:18

45:18 For this is what the Lord says,

the one who created the sky –

he is the true God, ⁹ 

the one who formed the earth and made it;

he established it,

he did not create it without order, ¹⁰ 

he formed it to be inhabited –

“I am the Lord, I have no peer.

[41:20]  ¹ tn The words “I will do this” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text has here simply, “in order that.”

[41:20]  ² tn Heb “they”; NAB, NRSV “that all may see”; CEV, NLT “Everyone will see.”

[41:20]  ³ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[41:20]  ⁴ tn Or “created it” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “has made it happen.”

[28:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.

[28:7]  ⁶ tn According to HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע, the verb form is derived from בָּלַע (bala’, “confuse”), not the more common בָּלַע (“swallow”). See earlier notes at 3:12 and 9:16.

[28:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the seeing.”

[28:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “[in] giving a decision.”

[45:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “he [is] the God.” The article here indicates uniqueness.

[45:18]  ¹⁰ tn Or “unformed.” Gen 1:2 describes the world as “unformed” (תֹהוּ, tohu) prior to God’s creative work, but God then formed the world and made it fit for habitation.