Isaiah 5:13

5:13 Therefore my ¹  people will be deported ² 

because of their lack of understanding.

Their ³  leaders will have nothing to eat, ⁴ 

their ⁵  masses will have nothing to drink. ⁶ 

Isaiah 22:8

22:8 They ⁷  removed the defenses ⁸  of Judah.

At that time ⁹  you looked

for the weapons in the House of the Forest. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 24:11

24:11 They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; ¹¹ 

all joy turns to sorrow; ¹² 

celebrations disappear from the earth. ¹³ 

Isaiah 40:5

40:5 The splendor ¹⁴  of the Lord will be revealed,

and all people ¹⁵  will see it at the same time.

For ¹⁶  the Lord has decreed it.” ¹⁷ 

Isaiah 47:3

47:3 Let your private parts be exposed!

Your genitals will be on display! ¹⁸ 

I will get revenge;

I will not have pity on anyone,” ¹⁹ 

Isaiah 49:9

49:9 You will say ²⁰  to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’

and to those who are in dark dungeons, ²¹  ‘Emerge.’ ²² 

They will graze beside the roads;

on all the slopes they will find pasture.

[5:13]  ¹ sn It is not certain if the prophet or the Lord is speaking at this point.

[5:13]  ² tn The suffixed (perfect) form of the verb is used; in this way the coming event is described for rhetorical effect as occurring or as already completed.

[5:13]  ³ tn The third masculine singular suffix refers back to “my people.”

[5:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “Their glory will be men of hunger.” כָּבוֹד (kavod, “glory”) is in opposition to הָמוֹן (hamon, “masses”) and refers here to the rich and prominent members of the nation. Some prefer to repoint מְתֵי (mÿtey, “men of”) as מִתֵי (mitey, “dead ones of”).

[5:13]  ⁵ tn The third masculine singular suffix refers back to “my people.”

[5:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “and their masses will be parched [by] thirst.”

[22:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “he,” i.e., the enemy invader. NASB, by its capitalization of the pronoun, takes this to refer to the Lord.

[22:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “covering.”

[22:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV), likewise at the beginning of v. 12.

[22:8]  ¹⁰ sn Perhaps this refers to a royal armory, or to Solomon’s “House of the Forest of Lebanon,” where weapons may have been kept (see 1 Kgs 10:16-17).

[24:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “[there is] an outcry over the wine in the streets.”

[24:11]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “all joy turns to evening,” the darkness of evening symbolizing distress and sorrow.

[24:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the joy of the earth disappears.”

[40:5]  ¹⁹ tn Or “glory.” The Lord’s “glory” is his theophanic radiance and royal splendor (see Isa 6:3; 24:23; 35:2; 60:1; 66:18-19).

[40:5]  ²⁰ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NAB, NIV “mankind”; TEV “the whole human race.”

[40:5]  ²¹ tn Or “indeed.”

[40:5]  ²² tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord has spoken” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[47:3]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Your shame will be seen.” In this context “shame” is a euphemism referring to the genitals.

[47:3]  ²⁶ tn Heb “I will not meet a man.” The verb פָּגַע (pagah) apparently carries the nuance “meet with kindness” here (cf. 64:5, and see BDB 803 s.v. Qal.2).

[49:9]  ³¹ tn Heb “to say.” In the Hebrew text the infinitive construct is subordinated to what precedes.

[49:9]  ³² tn Heb “in darkness” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “the prisoners of darkness.”

[49:9]  ³³ tn Heb “show yourselves” (so ASV, NAB, NASB).