Isaiah 44:19

44:19 No one thinks to himself,

nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:

‘I burned half of it in the fire –

yes, I baked bread over the coals;

I roasted meat and ate it.

With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol?

Should I bow down to dry wood?’ ¹ 

Isaiah 47:8

47:8 So now, listen to this,

O one who lives so lavishly, ² 

who lives securely,

who says to herself, ³ 

‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! ⁴ 

I will never have to live as a widow;

I will never lose my children.’ ⁵ 

Isaiah 65:16

65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth ⁶ 

will do so in the name of the faithful God; ⁷ 

whoever makes an oath in the earth

will do so in the name of the faithful God. ⁸ 

For past problems will be forgotten;

I will no longer think about them. ⁹ 

[44:19]  ¹ tn There is no formal interrogative sign here, but the context seems to indicate these are rhetorical questions. See GKC 473 §150.a.

[47:8]  ² tn Or perhaps, “voluptuous one” (NAB); NAB “you sensual one”; NLT “You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom.”

[47:8]  ³ tn Heb “the one who says in her heart.”

[47:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.” See Zeph 2:15.

[47:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will not live [as] a widow, and I will not know loss of children.”

[65:16]  ³ tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.

[65:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”