Isaiah 5:3

5:3 So now, residents of Jerusalem, ¹ 

people ²  of Judah,

you decide between me and my vineyard!

Isaiah 10:32

10:32 This very day, standing in Nob,

they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain ³  –

at the hill of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 31:5

31:5 Just as birds hover over a nest, ⁴ 

so the Lord who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. ⁵ 

He will protect and deliver it;

as he passes over ⁶  he will rescue it.

Isaiah 52:2

52:2 Shake off the dirt! ⁷ 

Get up, captive ⁸  Jerusalem!

Take off the iron chains around your neck,

O captive daughter Zion!

Isaiah 62:7

62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, ⁹ 

until he makes Jerusalem the pride ¹⁰  of the earth.

Isaiah 64:10

64:10 Your chosen ¹¹  cities have become a desert;

Zion has become a desert,

Jerusalem ¹²  is a desolate ruin.

[5:3]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:3]  ² tn Heb “men,” but in a generic sense.

[10:32]  ³ tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has “a mountain of a house (בֵּית, bet), Zion,” but the marginal reading (Qere) correctly reads “the mountain of the daughter (בַּת, bat) of Zion.” On the phrase “Daughter Zion,” see the note on the same phrase in 1:8.

[31:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “just as birds fly.” The words “over a nest” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[31:5]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[31:5]  ⁷ tn The only other occurrence of this verb is in Exod 12:13, 23, 27, where the Lord “passes over” (i.e., “spares”) the Israelite households as he comes to judge their Egyptian oppressors. The noun פֶּסַח (pesakh, “Passover”) is derived from the verb. The use of the verb in Isa 31:5 is probably an intentional echo of the Exodus event. As in the days of Moses the Lord will spare his people as he comes to judge their enemies.

[52:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “Shake yourself free from the dirt.”

[52:2]  ⁸ tc The Hebrew text has שְּׂבִי (shÿvi), which some understand as a feminine singular imperative from יָשַׁב (yashav, “sit”). The LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, and the Targum support the MT reading (the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a does indirectly). Some interpret this to mean “take your throne”: The Lord exhorts Jerusalem to get up from the dirt and sit, probably with the idea of sitting in a place of honor (J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:361). However, the form is likely a corruption of שְׁבִיָּה (shÿviyyah, “captive”), which appears in the parallel line.

[62:7]  ⁹ tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.

[62:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”

[64:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “holy” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT); NIV “sacred.”

[64:10]  ¹² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.