Isaiah 48:2

48:2 Indeed, they live in the holy city; ¹ 

they trust in ²  the God of Israel,

whose name is the Lord who commands armies.

Isaiah 62:9

62:9 But those who harvest the grain ³  will eat it,

and will praise the Lord.

Those who pick the grapes will drink the wine ⁴ 

in the courts of my holy sanctuary.”

Isaiah 62:12

62:12 They will be called, “The Holy People,

the Ones Protected ⁵  by the Lord.”

You will be called, “Sought After,

City Not Abandoned.”

Isaiah 63:10

63:10 But they rebelled and offended ⁶  his holy Spirit, ⁷ 

so he turned into an enemy

and fought against them.

Isaiah 64:10

64:10 Your chosen ⁸  cities have become a desert;

Zion has become a desert,

Jerusalem ⁹  is a desolate ruin.

[48:2]  ¹ tn Heb “they call themselves [or “are called”] from the holy city.” The precise meaning of the statement is uncertain. The Niphal of קָרָא (qara’) is combined with the preposition מִן (min) only here. When the Qal of קָרָא is used with מִן, the preposition often indicates the place from which one is summoned (see 46:11). So one could translate, “from the holy city they are summoned,” meaning that they reside there.

[48:2]  ² tn Heb “lean on” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “rely on.”

[62:9]  ³ tn Heb “it,” the grain mentioned in v. 8a.

[62:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and those who gather it will drink it.” The masculine singular pronominal suffixes attached to “gather” and “drink” refer back to the masculine noun תִּירוֹשׁ (tirosh, “wine”) in v. 8b.

[62:12]  ⁵ tn Or “the redeemed of the Lord” (KJV, NAB).

[63:10]  ⁷ tn Or “grieved, hurt the feelings of.”

[63:10]  ⁸ sn The phrase “holy Spirit” occurs in the OT only here (in v. 11 as well) and in Ps 51:11 (51:13 HT), where it is associated with the divine presence.

[64:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “holy” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT); NIV “sacred.”

[64:10]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.