Isaiah 46:7

46:7 They put it on their shoulder and carry it;

they put it in its place and it just stands there;

it does not ¹  move from its place.

Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply;

it does not deliver him from his distress.

Isaiah 63:9

63:9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. ² 

The messenger sent from his very presence ³  delivered them.

In his love and mercy he protected ⁴  them;

he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times. 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 

[46:7]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “cannot,” here and in the following two lines. The imperfect forms can indicate capability.

[63:9]  ² tn Heb “in all their distress, there was distress to him” (reading לוֹ [lo] with the margin/Qere).

[63:9]  ³ tn Heb “the messenger [or “angel”] of his face”; NIV “the angel of his presence.”

[63:9]  ⁴ tn Or “redeemed” (KJV, NAB, NIV), or “delivered.”

[63:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the days of antiquity”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “days of old.”

[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.”