Isaiah 6:3

6:3 They called out to one another, “Holy, holy, holy ¹  is the Lord who commands armies! ²  His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”

Isaiah 25:9

25:9 At that time they will say, ³ 

“Look, here ⁴  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ⁵  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Isaiah 63:1

The Victorious Divine Warrior

63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, ⁶ 

dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? ⁷ 

Who ⁸  is this one wearing royal attire, ⁹ 

who marches confidently ¹⁰  because of his great strength?

“It is I, the one who announces vindication,

and who is able to deliver!” ¹¹ 

Isaiah 66:1

66:1 This is what the Lord says:

“The heavens are my throne

and the earth is my footstool.

Where then is the house you will build for me?

Where is the place where I will rest?

Isaiah 16:13

16:13 This is the message the Lord previously announced about Moab.

Isaiah 17:14

17:14 In the evening there is sudden terror; ¹² 

by morning they vanish. ¹³ 

This is the fate of those who try to plunder us,

the destiny of those who try to loot us! ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 6:7

6:7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.” ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 21:9

21:9 Look what’s coming!

A charioteer,

a team of horses.” ¹⁶ 

When questioned, he replies, ¹⁷ 

“Babylon has fallen, fallen!

All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

Isaiah 23:13

23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,

these people who have lost their identity! ¹⁸ 

The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.

They erected their siege towers, ¹⁹ 

demolished ²⁰  its fortresses,

and turned it into a heap of ruins. ²¹ 

Isaiah 29:12

29:12 Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read ²²  and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.” ²³ 

Isaiah 30:21

30:21 You ²⁴  will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,

“This is the correct ²⁵  way, walk in it,”

whether you are heading to the right or the left.

Isaiah 37:22

37:22 this is what the Lord says about him: ²⁶ 

“The virgin daughter Zion ²⁷ 

despises you – she makes fun of you;

daughter Jerusalem

shakes her head after you. ²⁸ 

Isaiah 44:5

44:5 One will say, ‘I belong to the Lord,’

and another will use ²⁹  the name ‘Jacob.’

One will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’

and use the name ‘Israel.’” ³⁰ 

Isaiah 58:6

58:6 No, this is the kind of fast I want. ³¹ 

I want you ³²  to remove the sinful chains,

to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke,

to set free the oppressed, ³³ 

and to break every burdensome yoke.

Isaiah 29:11

29:11 To you this entire prophetic revelation ³⁴  is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read ³⁵  and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.”

Isaiah 50:1

50:1 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is your mother’s divorce certificate

by which I divorced her?

Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? ³⁶ 

Look, you were sold because of your sins; ³⁷ 

because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother. ³⁸ 

Isaiah 66:2

66:2 My hand made them; ³⁹ 

that is how they came to be,” ⁴⁰  says the Lord.

I show special favor ⁴¹  to the humble and contrite,

who respect what I have to say. ⁴² 

[6:3]  ¹ tn Some have seen a reference to the Trinity in the seraphs’ threefold declaration, “holy, holy, holy.” This proposal has no linguistic or contextual basis and should be dismissed as allegorical. Hebrew sometimes uses repetition for emphasis. (See IBHS 233-34 §12.5a; and GKC 431-32 §133.k.) By repeating the word “holy,” the seraphs emphasize the degree of the Lord’s holiness. For another example of threefold repetition for emphasis, see Ezek 21:27 (Heb. v. 32). (Perhaps Jer 22:29 provides another example.)

[6:3]  ² tn Perhaps in this context, the title has a less militaristic connotation and pictures the Lord as the ruler of the heavenly assembly. See the note at 1:9.

[25:9]  ³ tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

[25:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “this [one].”

[25:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “this [one].”

[63:1]  ⁵ sn Edom is here an archetype for the Lord’s enemies. See 34:5.

[63:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “[in] bright red garments, from Bozrah.”

[63:1]  ⁷ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis; note the first line of the verse.

[63:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “honored in his clothing”; KJV, ASV “glorious in his apparel.”

[63:1]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew text has צָעָה (tsa’ah), which means “stoop, bend” (51:14). The translation assumes an emendation to צָעַד (tsa’ad, “march”; see BDB 858 s.v. צָעָה).

[63:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I, [the one] speaking in vindication [or “righteousness”], great to deliver.”

[17:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “at the time of evening, look, sudden terror.”

[17:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “before morning he is not.”

[17:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “this is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who loot us.”

[6:7]  ⁹ tn Or “ritually cleansed,” or “atoned for” (NIV).

[21:9]  ¹¹ tn Or “[with] teams of horses,” or perhaps, “with a pair of horsemen.”

[21:9]  ¹² tn Heb “and he answered and said” (so KJV, ASV).

[23:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”

[23:13]  ¹⁴ tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.

[23:13]  ¹⁵ tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.

[23:13]  ¹⁶ sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.

[29:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and if the scroll is handed to one who does not know a scroll.”

[29:12]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “I do not know a scroll.”

[30:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “your ears” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[30:21]  ¹⁸ tn The word “correct’ is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[37:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “this is the word which the Lord has spoken about him.”

[37:22]  ²⁰ sn Zion (Jerusalem) is pictured here as a young, vulnerable daughter whose purity is being threatened by the would-be Assyrian rapist. The personification hints at the reality which the young girls of the city would face if the Assyrians conquer it.

[37:22]  ²¹ sn Shaking the head was a mocking gesture of derision.

[44:5]  ²¹ tn The Hebrew text has a Qal verb form, “and another will call by the name of Jacob.” With support from Symmachus (an ancient Greek textual witness), some read the Niphal, “and another will be called by the name of Jacob.”

[44:5]  ²² tn Heb “and by the name of Israel he will title.” Some, with support from several ancient versions, prefer to change the Piel (active) verb form to a Pual (passive), “and he will be titled by the name of Israel.”

[58:6]  ²³ tn Heb “Is this not a fast I choose?” “No” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[58:6]  ²⁴ tn The words “I want you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[58:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “crushed.”

[29:11]  ²⁵ tn Heb “vision” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[29:11]  ²⁶ tn Heb “one who knows a/the scroll.”

[50:1]  ²⁷ sn The Lord challenges the exiles (Zion’s children) to bring incriminating evidence against him. The rhetorical questions imply that Israel accused the Lord of divorcing his wife (Zion) and selling his children (the Israelites) into slavery to pay off a debt.

[50:1]  ²⁸ sn The Lord admits that he did sell the Israelites, but it was because of their sins, not because of some debt he owed. If he had sold them to a creditor, they ought to be able to point him out, but the preceding rhetorical question implies they would not be able to do so.

[50:1]  ²⁹ sn The Lord admits he did divorce Zion, but that too was the result of the nation’s sins. The force of the earlier rhetorical question comes into clearer focus now. The question does not imply that a certificate does not exist and that no divorce occurred. Rather, the question asks for the certificate to be produced so the accuser can see the reason for the divorce in black and white. The Lord did not put Zion away arbitrarily.

[66:2]  ²⁹ tn Heb “all these.” The phrase refers to the heavens and earth, mentioned in the previous verse.

[66:2]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and all these were.” Some prefer to emend וַיִּהְיוּ (vayyihyu, “and they were”) to וְלִי הָיוּ (vÿli hayu, “and to me they were”), i.e., “and they belong to me.”

[66:2]  ³¹ tn Heb “and to this one I look” (KJV and NASB both similar).

[66:2]  ³² tn Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”