Isaiah 5:4

5:4 What more can I do for my vineyard

beyond what I have already done?

When I waited for it to produce edible grapes,

why did it produce sour ones instead?

Isaiah 13:14

13:14 Like a frightened gazelle ¹ 

or a sheep with no shepherd,

each will turn toward home, ² 

each will run to his homeland.

Isaiah 29:21

29:21 those who bear false testimony against a person, ³ 

who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate ⁴ 

and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. ⁵ 

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 45:4

45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,

Israel, my chosen one,

I call you by name

and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize ⁸  me.

Isaiah 45:6

45:6 I do this ⁹  so people ¹⁰  will recognize from east to west

that there is no God but me;

I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Isaiah 49:13

49:13 Shout for joy, O sky! ¹¹ 

Rejoice, O earth!

Let the mountains give a joyful shout!

For the Lord consoles his people

and shows compassion to the ¹²  oppressed.

Isaiah 56:12

56:12 Each one says, ¹³ 

‘Come on, I’ll get some wine!

Let’s guzzle some beer!

Tomorrow will be just like today!

We’ll have everything we want!’ ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 59:8

59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;

their deeds are unjust. ¹⁵ 

They use deceitful methods,

and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. ¹⁶ 

Isaiah 65:9

65:9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains.

My chosen ones will take possession of the land; ¹⁷ 

my servants will live there.

Isaiah 65:15

65:15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. ¹⁸ 

The sovereign Lord will kill you,

but he will give his servants another name.

[13:14]  ¹ tn Or “like a gazelle being chased.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[13:14]  ² tn Heb “his people” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or “his nation” (cf. TEV “their own countries”).

[29:21]  ¹ tn Heb “the ones who make a man a sinner with a word.” The Hiphil of חָטָא (khata’) here has a delocutive sense: “declare a man sinful/guilty.”

[29:21]  ² sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.

[29:21]  ³ tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”

[32:10]  ¹ tn Heb “days upon a year.”

[32:10]  ² tn Or perhaps, “olive.” See 24:13.

[45:4]  ¹ tn Or “know” (NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT); NIV “acknowledge.”

[45:6]  ¹ tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:6]  ² tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”

[49:13]  ¹ tn Or “O heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[49:13]  ² tn Heb “his” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[56:12]  ¹ tn The words “each one says” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[56:12]  ² tn Heb “great, [in] abundance, very much,” i.e., “very great indeed.” See HALOT 452 s.v. יֶתֶר.

[59:8]  ¹ tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”

[59:8]  ² tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”

[65:9]  ¹ tn Heb “it.” The third feminine singular pronominal suffix probably refers to the land which contains the aforementioned mountains.

[65:15]  ¹ tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”