Isaiah 55:5

55:5 Look, you will summon nations ¹  you did not previously know;

nations ²  that did not previously know you will run to you,

because of the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ³ 

for he bestows honor on you.

Isaiah 58:9

58:9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;

you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’

You must ⁴  remove the burdensome yoke from among you

and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

[55:5]  ¹ tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).

[55:5]  ² tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.

[55:5]  ³ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[58:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b-10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.