Isaiah 48:19

48:19 Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, ¹ 

and your children ²  like its granules.

Their name would not have been cut off

and eliminated from my presence. ³ 

Isaiah 57:16

57:16 For I will not be hostile ⁴  forever

or perpetually angry,

for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, ⁵ 

the life-giving breath I created.

[48:19]  ¹ tn Heb “like sand”; NCV “as many as the grains of sand.”

[48:19]  ² tn Heb “and the issue from your inner parts.”

[48:19]  ³ tn Heb “and his name would not be cut off and would not be destroyed from before me.”

[57:16]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “argue,” or “accuse” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[57:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “for a spirit from before me would be faint.”