Isaiah 5:25

5:25 So the Lord is furious ¹  with his people;

he lifts ²  his hand and strikes them.

The mountains shake,

and corpses lie like manure ³  in the middle of the streets.

Despite all this, his anger does not subside,

and his hand is ready to strike again. ⁴ 

Isaiah 18:7

18:7 At that time

tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies,

by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned,

a people that are feared far and wide,

a nation strong and victorious,

whose land rivers divide. ⁵ 

The tribute ⁶  will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion. ⁷ 

Isaiah 41:7

41:7 The craftsman encourages the metalsmith,

the one who wields the hammer encourages ⁸  the one who pounds on the anvil.

He approves the quality of the welding, ⁹ 

and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”

Isaiah 42:16

42:16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; ¹⁰ 

I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. ¹¹ 

I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,

and level out the rough ground. ¹² 

This is what I will do for them.

I will not abandon them.

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 ¹³  move from its place.

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

it does not deliver him from his distress.

[5:25]  ¹ tn Heb “the anger of the Lord rages.”

[5:25]  ² tn Or “extends”; KJV, ASV “he hath stretched forth.”

[5:25]  ³ tn Or “garbage” (NCV, CEV, NLT); NAB, NASB, NIV “refuse.”

[5:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “in all this his anger is not turned, and still his hand is outstretched.”

[18:7]  ⁵ tn On the interpretive difficulties of this verse, see the notes at v. 2, where the same terminology is used.

[18:7]  ⁶ tn The words “the tribute” are repeated here in the translation for clarity.

[18:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “to the place of the name of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], Mount Zion.”

[41:7]  ⁹ tn The verb “encourages” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[41:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “saying of the welding, ‘It is good.’”

[42:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “a way they do not know” (so NASB); NRSV “a road they do not know.”

[42:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in paths they do not know I will make them walk.”

[42:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the rough ground into a level place.”

[46:7]  ¹⁷ tn Or perhaps, “cannot,” here and in the following two lines. The imperfect forms can indicate capability.