Isaiah 51:21

51:21 So listen to this, oppressed one,

who is drunk, but not from wine!

Isaiah 47:8

47:8 So now, listen to this,

O one who lives so lavishly, ¹ 

who lives securely,

who says to herself, ² 

‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! ³ 

I will never have to live as a widow;

I will never lose my children.’ ⁴ 

Isaiah 66:19

66:19 I will perform a mighty act among them ⁵  and then send some of those who remain to the nations – to Tarshish, Pul, ⁶  Lud ⁷  (known for its archers ⁸ ), Tubal, Javan, ⁹  and to the distant coastlands ¹⁰  that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.

[47:8]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “voluptuous one” (NAB); NAB “you sensual one”; NLT “You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom.”

[47:8]  ² tn Heb “the one who says in her heart.”

[47:8]  ³ tn Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.” See Zeph 2:15.

[47:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will not live [as] a widow, and I will not know loss of children.”

[66:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and I will set a sign among them.” The precise meaning of this statement is unclear. Elsewhere “to set a sign” means “perform a mighty act” (Ps 78:43; Jer 32:20), “make [someone] an object lesson” (Ezek 14:8), and “erect a [literal] standard” (Ps 74:4).

[66:19]  ² tn Some prefer to read “Put” (i.e., Libya).

[66:19]  ³ sn That is, Lydia (in Asia Minor).

[66:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “drawers of the bow” (KJV and ASV both similar).

[66:19]  ⁵ sn Javan is generally identified today as Greece (so NIV, NCV, NLT).

[66:19]  ⁶ tn Or “islands” (NIV).