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 64:8

64:8 Yet, ³  Lord, you are our father.

We are the clay, and you are our potter;

we are all the product of your labor. ⁴ 

Isaiah 20:6

20:6 At that time ⁵  those who live on this coast ⁶  will say, ‘Look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help, expecting to be rescued from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?’”

Isaiah 36:11

36:11 Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, “Speak to your servants in Aramaic, ⁷  for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Judahite dialect ⁸  in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

[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.

[64:8]  ³ tn On the force of וְעַתָּה (vÿ’attah) here, see HALOT 902 s.v. עַתָּה.

[64:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the work of your hand.”

[20:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV).

[20:6]  ⁶ sn This probably refers to the coastal region of Philistia (cf. TEV).

[36:11]  ⁷ sn Aramaic was the diplomatic language of the Assyrian empire.

[36:11]  ⁸ tn Or “in Hebrew” (NIV, NCV, NLT); NAB, NASB “in Judean.”