Isaiah 5:26

5:26 He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, ¹ 

he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth.

Look, they ²  come quickly and swiftly.

Isaiah 7:24

7:24 With bow and arrow ³  men will hunt ⁴  there, for the whole land will be covered ⁵  with thorns and briers.

Isaiah 32:10

32:10 In a year’s time ⁶ 

you carefree ones will shake with fear,

for the grape ⁷  harvest will fail,

and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

Isaiah 37:34

37:34 He will go back the way he came –

he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.

Isaiah 45:24

45:24 they will say about me,

“Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’” ⁸ 

All who are angry at him will cower before him. ⁹ 

Isaiah 66:7

66:7 Before she goes into labor, she gives birth!

Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!

[5:26]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text has literally, “for nations from a distance.” The following verses use singular forms to describe this nation, so the final mem (ם) on לְגּוֹיִם (lÿgoyim) may be enclitic or dittographic. In the latter case one could read לְגוֹי מֵרָחוֹק (lÿgoy merakhoq, “for a nation from a distance”; see Deut 28:49; Joel 3:8). Another possibility is to emend the text from לַגּוֹיִם מֵרָחוֹק (laggoyim merakhoq) to לְגוֹי מִמֶּרְחָק (lÿgoy mimmerkhaq, “for a nation from a distant place”) a phrase which occurs in Jer 5:15. In this case an error of misdivision has occurred in MT, the mem of the prefixed preposition being accidentally taken as a plural ending on the preceding word.

[5:26]  ² tn Heb “he.” Singular forms are used throughout vv. 26-30 to describe this nation, but for stylistic reasons the translation uses the plural for these collective singulars.

[7:24]  ³ tn Heb “with arrows and a bow.” The more common English idiom is “bow[s] and arrow[s].”

[7:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “go” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “go hunting.”

[7:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “will be” (so NASB, NRSV).

[32:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “days upon a year.”

[32:10]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps, “olive.” See 24:13.

[45:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “‘Yes, in the Lord,’ one says about me, ‘is deliverance and strength.’”

[45:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “will come to him and be ashamed.”