Isaiah 58:7

58:7 I want you ¹  to share your food with the hungry

and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. ² 

When you see someone naked, clothe him!

Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! ³ 

Isaiah 42:8

The Lord Intervenes

42:8 I am the Lord! That is my name!

I will not share my glory with anyone else,

or the praise due me with idols.

Isaiah 66:10

66:10 Be happy for Jerusalem

and rejoice with her, all you who love her!

Share in her great joy,

all you who have mourned over her!

Isaiah 17:3

17:3 Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim,

and Damascus will lose its kingdom. ⁴ 

The survivors in Syria

will end up like the splendor of the Israelites,”

says the Lord who commands armies.

Isaiah 33:23

33:23 Though at this time your ropes are slack, ⁵ 

the mast is not secured, ⁶ 

and the sail ⁷  is not unfurled,

at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; ⁸ 

even the lame will drag off plunder. ⁹ 

Isaiah 48:11

48:11 For my sake alone ¹⁰  I will act,

for how can I allow my name to be defiled? ¹¹ 

I will not share my glory with anyone else! ¹² 

Isaiah 58:14

58:14 Then you will find joy in your relationship to the Lord, ¹³ 

and I will give you great prosperity, ¹⁴ 

and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” ¹⁵ 

Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. ¹⁶ 

[58:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Is it not?” The rhetorical question here expects a positive answer, “It is!”

[58:7]  ² tn Heb “and afflicted [ones], homeless [ones] you should bring [into] a house.” On the meaning of מְרוּדִים (mÿrudim, “homeless”) see HALOT 633 s.v. *מָרוּד.

[58:7]  ³ tn Heb “and from your flesh do not hide yourself.”

[17:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and kingship from Damascus”; cf. NASB “And sovereignty from Damascus.”

[33:23]  ⁷ tn The words “though at this time” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The first half of the verse is addressed to Judah and contrasts the nation’s present weakness with its future prosperity. Judah is compared to a ship that is incapable of sailing.

[33:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “they do not fasten the base of their mast.” On כֵּן (ken, “base”) see BDB 487 s.v. III כֵּן and HALOT 483 s.v. III כֵּן.

[33:23]  ⁹ tn Or perhaps, “flag.”

[33:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “then there will be divided up loot of plunder [in] abundance.”

[33:23]  ¹¹ sn Judah’s victory over its enemies will be so thorough there will be more than enough plunder for everyone, even slow-moving lame men who would normally get left out in the rush to gather the loot.

[48:11]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text repeats לְמַעֲנִי (lÿma’ani, “for my sake”) for emphasis.

[48:11]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “for how can it be defiled?” The subject of the verb is probably “name” (v. 9).

[48:11]  ¹² sn See 42:8.

[58:14]  ¹³ tn For a parallel use of the phrase “find joy in” (Hitpael of עָנַג [’anag] followed by the preposition עַל [’al]), see Ps 37:4.

[58:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and I will cause you to ride upon the heights of the land.” The statement seems to be an allusion to Deut 32:13, where it is associated, as here, with God’s abundant provision of food.

[58:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and I will cause you to eat the inheritance of Jacob your father.” The Hebrew term נַחֲלָה (nakhalah) likely stands by metonymy for the crops that grow on Jacob’s “inheritance” (i.e., the land he inherited as a result of God’s promise).

[58:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” The introductory כִּי (ki) may be asseverative (as reflected in the translation) or causal/explanatory, explaining why the preceding promise will become reality (because it is guaranteed by the divine word).