Isaiah 50:8

50:8 The one who vindicates me is close by.

Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! ¹ 

Who is my accuser? ²  Let him challenge me! ³ 

Isaiah 41:15

41:15 “Look, I am making you like ⁴  a sharp threshing sledge,

new and double-edged. ⁵ 

You will thresh the mountains and crush them;

you will make the hills like straw. ⁶ 

[50:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Let us stand together!”

[50:8]  ² tn Heb “Who is the master of my judgment?”

[50:8]  ³ tn Heb “let him approach me”; NAB, NIV “Let him confront me.”

[41:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “into” (so NIV); ASV “have made thee to be.”

[41:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “owner of two-mouths,” i.e., double-edged.

[41:15]  ⁶ sn The mountains and hills symbolize hostile nations that are obstacles to Israel’s restoration.