Discovery BoxIsaiah 45:23
Context45:23 I solemnly make this oath 1 –
what I say is true and reliable: 2
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm; 3
Isaiah 65:16
Context65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth 4
will do so in the name of the faithful God; 5
whoever makes an oath in the earth
will do so in the name of the faithful God. 6
For past problems will be forgotten;
I will no longer think about them. 7
Isaiah 54:9
Context54:9 “As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, 8
when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood 9 would never again cover the earth.
In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.
Isaiah 14:24
Context14:24 10 The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow:
“Be sure of this:
Just as I have intended, so it will be;
just as I have planned, it will happen.
Isaiah 19:18
Context19:18 At that time five cities 11 in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord who commands armies. One will be called the City of the Sun. 12
Isaiah 48:1
Context48:1 Listen to this, O family of Jacob, 13
you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’
and are descended from Judah, 14
who take oaths in the name of the Lord,
and invoke 15 the God of Israel –
but not in an honest and just manner. 16
Isaiah 62:8
Context62:8 The Lord swears an oath by his right hand,
by his strong arm: 17
“I will never again give your grain
to your enemies as food,
and foreigners will not drink your wine,
which you worked hard to produce.
[45:23] 1 tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”
[45:23] 2 tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
[45:23] 3 tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”
[65:16] 4 tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.
[65:16] 5 tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”
[65:16] 6 tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”
[65:16] 7 tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”
[54:9] 7 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “For [or “indeed”] the waters of Noah [is] this to me.” כִּי־מֵי (ki-me, “for the waters of”) should be emended to כְּמֵי (kÿmey, “like the days of”), which is supported by the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and all the ancient versions except LXX.
[54:9] 8 tn Heb “the waters of Noah” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
[14:24] 10 sn Having announced the downfall of the Chaldean empire, the Lord appends to this prophecy a solemn reminder that the Assyrians, the major Mesopotamian power of Isaiah’s day, would be annihilated, foreshadowing what would subsequently happen to Babylon and the other hostile nations.
[19:18] 13 sn The significance of the number “five” in this context is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:376-77.
[19:18] 14 tc The Hebrew text has עִיר הַהֶרֶס (’ir haheres, “City of Destruction”; cf. NASB, NIV) but this does not fit the positive emphasis of vv. 18-22. The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and some medieval Hebrew
[48:1] 16 tn Heb “house of Jacob”; TEV, CEV “people of Israel.”
[48:1] 17 tc The Hebrew text reads literally “and from the waters of Judah came out.” מִמֵּי (mimme) could be a corruption of מִמְּעֵי (mimmÿ’e, “from the inner parts of”; cf. NASB, NIV, NLT, NRSV) as suggested in the above translation. Some translations (ESV, NKJV) retain the MT reading because the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa, which corrects a similar form to “from inner parts of” in 39:7, does not do it here.
[48:1] 18 tn Heb “cause to remember”; KJV, ASV “make mention of.”
[48:1] 19 tn Heb “not in truth and not in righteousness.”
[62:8] 19 tn The Lord’s right hand and strong arm here symbolize his power and remind the audience that his might guarantees the fulfillment of the following promise.
