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 44:9

44:9 All who form idols are nothing;

the things in which they delight are worthless.

Their witnesses cannot see;

they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

Isaiah 52:8

52:8 Listen, ⁵  your watchmen shout;

in unison they shout for joy,

for they see with their very own eyes ⁶ 

the Lord’s return to Zion.

Isaiah 35:2

35:2 Let it richly bloom; ⁷ 

let it rejoice and shout with delight! ⁸ 

It is given the grandeur ⁹  of Lebanon,

the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.

They will see the grandeur of the Lord,

the splendor of our God.

Isaiah 49:7

49:7 This is what the Lord,

the protector ¹⁰  of Israel, their Holy One, ¹¹  says

to the one who is despised ¹²  and rejected ¹³  by nations, ¹⁴ 

a servant of rulers:

“Kings will see and rise in respect, ¹⁵ 

princes will bow down,

because of the faithful Lord,

the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”

[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.”

[52:8]  ⁵ tn קוֹל (qol, “voice”) is used at the beginning of the verse as an interjection.

[52:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “eye in eye”; KJV, ASV “eye to eye”; NAB “directly, before their eyes.”

[35:2]  ⁹ tn The ambiguous verb form תִּפְרַח (tifrakh) is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel).

[35:2]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Or “glory” (KJV, NIV, NRSV); also a second time later in this verse.

[49:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[49:7]  ¹⁴ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[49:7]  ¹⁵ tc The Hebrew text reads literally “to [one who] despises life.” It is preferable to read with the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a לבזוי, which should be vocalized as a passive participle, לִבְזוּי (livzuy, “to the one despised with respect to life” [נֶפֶשׁ is a genitive of specification]). The consonantal sequence וי was probably misread as ה in the MT tradition. The contextual argument favors the 1QIsa^a reading. As J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 2:294) points out, the three terse phrases “convey a picture of lowliness, worthlessness, and helplessness.”

[49:7]  ¹⁶ tn MT’s Piel participle (“to the one who rejects”) does not fit contextually. The form should be revocalized as a Pual, “to the one rejected.”

[49:7]  ¹⁷ tn Parallelism (see “rulers,” “kings,” “princes”) suggests that the singular גּוֹי (goy) be emended to a plural or understood in a collective sense (see 55:5).

[49:7]  ¹⁸ tn For this sense of קוּם (qum), see Gen 19:1; 23:7; 33:10; Lev 19:32; 1 Sam 20:41; 25:41; 1 Kgs 2:19; Job 29:8.