Isaiah 44:23
Context44:23 Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; 1
shout out, you subterranean regions 2 of the earth.
O mountains, give a joyful shout;
you too, O forest and all your trees! 3
For the Lord protects 4 Jacob;
he reveals his splendor through Israel. 5
Isaiah 51:6
Context51:6 Look up at the sky!
Look at the earth below!
For the sky will dissipate 6 like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like clothes;
its residents will die like gnats.
But the deliverance I give 7 is permanent;
the vindication I provide 8 will not disappear. 9
Isaiah 51:13
Context51:13 Why do you forget 10 the Lord, who made you,
who stretched out the sky 11
and founded the earth?
Why do you constantly tremble all day long 12
at the anger of the oppressor,
when he makes plans to destroy?
Where is the anger of the oppressor? 13


[44:23] 1 tn Heb “acts”; NASB, NRSV “has done it”; NLT “has done this wondrous thing.”
[44:23] 2 tn Heb “lower regions.” This refers to Sheol and forms a merism with “sky” in the previous line. See Pss 63:9; 71:20.
[44:23] 3 tn Heb “O forest and all the trees in it”; NASB, NRSV “and every tree in it.”
[44:23] 4 tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.
[44:23] 5 tn That is, by delivering Israel. Cf. NCV “showed his glory when he saved Israel”; TEV “has shown his greatness by saving his people Israel.”
[51:6] 6 tn Heb “will be torn in pieces.” The perfect indicates the certitude of the event, from the Lord’s rhetorical perspective.
[51:6] 7 tn Heb “my deliverance.” The same Hebrew word can also be translated “salvation” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); cf. CEV “victory.”
[51:6] 8 tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”].”
[51:6] 9 tn Heb “will not be shattered [or “dismayed”].”
[51:13] 11 tn Heb “and that you forget.”
[51:13] 12 tn Or “the heavens” (also in v. 16). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
[51:13] 13 tn Heb “and that you tremble constantly all the day.”
[51:13] 14 tn The question anticipates the answer, “Ready to disappear!” See v. 14.