Isaiah 43:9

43:9 All nations gather together,

the peoples assemble.

Who among them announced this?

Who predicted earlier events for us? ¹ 

Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right;

let them listen and affirm, ‘It is true.’

Isaiah 65:8

65:8 This is what the Lord says:

“When ²  juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,

someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ ³ 

So I will do for the sake of my servants –

I will not destroy everyone. ⁴ 

[43:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and the former things was causing us to hear?”

[65:8]  ² tn Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”

[65:8]  ³ tn Heb “for a blessing is in it.”

[65:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “by not destroying everyone.”