Isaiah 41:24

41:24 Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent;

the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting. ¹ 

Isaiah 42:17

42:17 Those who trust in idols

will turn back and be utterly humiliated, ² 

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

Isaiah 14:20

14:20 You will not be buried with them, ³ 

because you destroyed your land

and killed your people.

The offspring of the wicked

will never be mentioned again.

Isaiah 30:8

30:8 Now go, write it ⁴  down on a tablet in their presence, ⁵ 

inscribe it on a scroll,

so that it might be preserved for a future time

as an enduring witness. ⁶ 

Isaiah 41:23

41:23 Predict how future events will turn out, ⁷ 

so we might know you are gods.

Yes, do something good or bad,

so we might be frightened and in awe. ⁸ 

Isaiah 57:4

57:4 At whom are you laughing?

At whom are you opening your mouth

and sticking out your tongue?

You are the children of rebels,

the offspring of liars, ⁹ 

Isaiah 65:23

65:23 They will not work in vain,

or give birth to children that will experience disaster. ¹⁰ 

For the Lord will bless their children

and their descendants. ¹¹ 

Isaiah 43:10

43:10 You are my witnesses,” says the Lord,

“my servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may consider ¹²  and believe in me,

and understand that I am he.

No god was formed before me,

and none will outlive me. ¹³ 

Isaiah 60:9

60:9 Indeed, the coastlands ¹⁴  look eagerly for me,

the large ships ¹⁵  are in the lead,

bringing your sons from far away,

along with their silver and gold,

to honor the Lord your God, ¹⁶ 

the Holy One of Israel, ¹⁷  for he has bestowed honor on you.

[41:24]  ¹ tn Heb “an object of disgust [is he who] chooses you.”

[42:17]  ² tn Heb “be ashamed with shame”; ASV, NASB “be utterly put to shame.”

[14:20]  ³ tn Heb “you will not be united with them in burial” (so NASB).

[30:8]  ⁴ tn The referent of the third feminine singular pronominal suffix is uncertain. Perhaps it refers to the preceding message, which accuses the people of rejecting the Lord’s help in favor of an alliance with Egypt.

[30:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “with them.” On the use of the preposition here, see BDB 86 s.v. II אֵת.

[30:8]  ⁶ sn Recording the message will enable the prophet to use it in the future as evidence that God warned his people of impending judgment and clearly spelled out the nation’s guilt. An official record of the message will also serve as proof of the prophet’s authority as God’s spokesman.

[41:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “Declare the coming things, with respect to the end.”

[41:23]  ⁶ tc The translation assumes the Qere (וְנִרְאֶה [vÿnir’eh], from יָרֵא [yare’], “be afraid”).

[57:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “Are you not children of rebellion, offspring of a lie?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “Of course you are!”

[65:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they will not give birth to horror.”

[65:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “for offspring blessed by the Lord they [will be], and their descendants along with them.”

[43:10]  ⁸ tn Or “know” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[43:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “and after me, there will not be”; NASB “there will be none after Me.”

[60:9]  ⁹ tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”

[60:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.

[60:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”

[60:9]  ¹² sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.