Isaiah 43:16

43:16 This is what the Lord says,

the one who made a road through the sea,

a pathway through the surging waters,

Isaiah 49:9-10

49:9 You will say ¹  to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’

and to those who are in dark dungeons, ²  ‘Emerge.’ ³ 

They will graze beside the roads;

on all the slopes they will find pasture.

49:10 They will not be hungry or thirsty;

the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, ⁴ 

for one who has compassion on them will guide them;

he will lead them to springs of water.

Psalms 32:8

32:8 I will instruct and teach you ⁵  about how you should live. ⁶ 

I will advise you as I look you in the eye. ⁷ 

Jeremiah 6:16

6:16 The Lord said to his people: ⁸ 

“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. ⁹ 

Ask where the old, reliable paths ¹⁰  are.

Ask where the path is that leads to blessing ¹¹  and follow it.

If you do, you will find rest for your souls.”

But they said, “We will not follow it!”

[49:9]  ¹ tn Heb “to say.” In the Hebrew text the infinitive construct is subordinated to what precedes.

[49:9]  ² tn Heb “in darkness” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “the prisoners of darkness.”

[49:9]  ³ tn Heb “show yourselves” (so ASV, NAB, NASB).

[49:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the heat and the sun will not strike them.” In Isa 35:7, its only other occurrence in the OT, שָׁרָב (sharav) stands parallel to “parched ground” and in contrast to “pool.” In later Hebrew and Aramaic it refers to “dry heat, heat of the sun” (Jastrow 1627 s.v.). Here it likely has this nuance and forms a hendiadys with “sun.”

[32:8]  ⁵ tn The second person pronominal forms in this verse are singular. The psalmist addresses each member of his audience individually (see also the note on the word “eye” in the next line). A less likely option (but one which is commonly understood) is that the Lord addresses the psalmist in vv. 8-9 (cf. NASB “I will instruct you and teach you…I will counsel you with My eye upon you”).

[32:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “I will instruct you and I will teach you in the way [in] which you should walk.”

[32:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will advise, upon you my eye,” that is, “I will offer advice [with] my eye upon you.” In 2 Chr 20:12 the statement “our eye is upon you” means that the speakers are looking to the Lord for intervention. Here the expression “my eye upon you” may simply mean that the psalmist will teach his pupils directly and personally.

[6:16]  ⁸ tn The words, “to his people” are not in the text but are implicit in the interchange of pronouns in the Hebrew of vv. 16-17. They are supplied in the translation here for clarity.

[6:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “Stand at the crossroads and look.”

[6:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the ancient path,” i.e., the path the Lord set out in ancient times (cf. Deut 32:7).

[6:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the way of/to the good.”