Isaiah 6:1

Isaiah’s Commission

6:1 In the year of King Uzziah’s death, ¹  I saw the sovereign master ²  seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.

Isaiah 28:18

28:18 Your treaty with death will be dissolved; ³ 

your agreement ⁴  with Sheol will not last. ⁵ 

When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, ⁶ 

you will be overrun by it. ⁷ 

[6:1]  ¹ sn That is, approximately 740 b.c.

[6:1]  ² tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 8, 11 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[28:18]  ³ tn On the meaning of כָּפַר (kafar) in this context, see HALOT 494 s.v. I כפר and J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:515, n. 9.

[28:18]  ⁴ tn Normally the noun חָזוּת (khazut) means “vision.” See the note at v. 15.

[28:18]  ⁵ tn Or “will not stand” (NIV, NRSV).

[28:18]  ⁶ tn See the note at v. 15.

[28:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “you will become a trampling place for it.”