Isaiah 53:4

53:4 But he lifted up our illnesses,

he carried our pain; ¹ 

even though we thought he was being punished,

attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done. ² 

Isaiah 58:10

58:10 You must ³  actively help the hungry

and feed the oppressed. ⁴ 

Then your light will dispel the darkness, ⁵ 

and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. ⁶ 

Isaiah 64:12

64:12 In light of all this, ⁷  how can you still hold back, Lord?

How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

[53:4]  ¹ sn Illness and pain stand by metonymy (or perhaps as metaphors) for sin and its effects, as vv. 11-12 make clear.

[53:4]  ² tn The words “for something he had done” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The group now realizes he suffered because of his identification with them, not simply because he was a special target of divine anger.

[58:10]  ³ tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.

[58:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”

[58:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”

[58:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”

[64:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “because of these”; KJV, ASV “for these things.”