Isaiah 47:15

47:15 They will disappoint you, ¹ 

those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. ² 

Each strays off in his own direction, ³ 

leaving no one to rescue you.”

Isaiah 43:3

43:3 For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ⁴  your deliverer.

I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,

Ethiopia and Seba ⁵  in place of you.

Isaiah 49:26

49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;

they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. ⁶ 

Then all humankind ⁷  will recognize that

I am the Lord, your deliverer,

your protector, ⁸  the powerful ruler of Jacob.” ⁹ 

Isaiah 60:16

60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;

you will nurse at the breasts of kings. ¹⁰ 

Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,

your protector, ¹¹  the powerful ruler of Jacob. ¹² 

[47:15]  ¹ tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”

[47:15]  ² tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.

[47:15]  ³ tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”

[43:3]  ⁴ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:3]  ⁵ sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.

[49:26]  ⁷ sn Verse 26a depicts siege warfare and bloody defeat. The besieged enemy will be so starved they will their own flesh. The bloodstained bodies lying on the blood-soaked battle site will look as if they collapsed in drunkenness.

[49:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB).

[49:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[49:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.” See 1:24.

[60:16]  ¹⁰ sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.

[60:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[60:16]  ¹² sn See 1:24 and 49:26.