Isaiah 6:12

6:12 and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place,

and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned. ¹ 

Isaiah 7:12

7:12 But Ahaz responded, “I don’t want to ask; I don’t want to put the Lord to a test.” ² 

Isaiah 22:10

22:10 You counted the houses in Jerusalem, ³ 

and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall. ⁴ 

Isaiah 37:28

37:28 I know where you live

and everything you do

and how you rage against me. ⁵ 

Isaiah 40:13

40:13 Who comprehends ⁶  the mind ⁷  of the Lord,

or gives him instruction as his counselor? ⁸ 

Isaiah 41:6

41:6 They help one another; ⁹ 

one says to the other, ‘Be strong!’

Isaiah 43:22

The Lord Rebukes His People

43:22 “But you did not call for me, O Jacob;

you did not long ¹⁰  for me, O Israel.

Isaiah 57:12

57:12 I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, ¹¹ 

but they will not help you.

[6:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and great is the abandonment in the midst of the land.”

[7:12]  ² tn Ahaz uses the verb נָסַה (nasah, “test”) in its negative sense of “challenge, provoke.” However, this is false piety, a smokescreen designed to cover up his lack of faith in the Lord.

[22:10]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “you demolished the houses to fortify the wall.”

[37:28]  ⁴ tc Heb “your going out and your coming in and how you have raged against me.” Several scholars have suggested that this line is probably dittographic (note the beginning of the next line). However, most English translations include the statement in question at the end of v. 28 and the beginning of v. 29. Interestingly, the LXX does not have this clause at the end of v. 28 and the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a does not have it at the beginning of v. 29. In light of this ambiguous manuscript evidence, it appears best to retain the clause in both verses.

[40:13]  ⁵ tn Perhaps the verb is used metonymically here in the sense of “advises” (note the following line).

[40:13]  ⁶ tn In this context רוּחַ (ruakh) likely refers to the Lord’s “mind,” or mental faculties, rather than his personal Spirit (see BDB 925 s.v.).

[40:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “or [as] the man of his counsel causes him to know?”

[41:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “each his neighbor helps”; NCV “The workers help each other.”

[43:22]  ⁷ tn Or “strive”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “been weary of me.”

[57:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “I, I will declare your righteousness and your deeds.”