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 6:6

6:6 But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

Isaiah 30:12

30:12 For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says:

“You have rejected this message; ³ 

you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, ⁴ 

and rely on that kind of behavior. ⁵ 

Isaiah 37:23

37:23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?

At whom have you shouted

and looked so arrogantly? ⁶ 

At the Holy One of Israel! ⁷ 

Isaiah 41:20

41:20 I will do this so ⁸  people ⁹  will observe and recognize,

so they will pay attention and understand

that the Lord’s power ¹⁰  has accomplished this,

and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.” ¹¹ 

Isaiah 43:3

43:3 For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ¹²  your deliverer.

I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,

Ethiopia and Seba ¹³  in place of you.

Isaiah 47:15

47:15 They will disappoint you, ¹⁴ 

those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. ¹⁵ 

Each strays off in his own direction, ¹⁶ 

leaving no one to rescue you.”

Isaiah 59:16

The Lord Intervenes

59:16 He sees there is no advocate; ¹⁷ 

he is shocked ¹⁸  that no one intervenes.

So he takes matters into his own hands; ¹⁹ 

his desire for justice drives him on. ²⁰ 

[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.

[30:12]  ³ tn The sentence actually begins with the word “because.” In the Hebrew text vv. 12-13 are one long sentence.

[30:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and you trust in oppression and cunning.”

[30:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you lean on it”; NAB “and depend on it.”

[37:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?” Cf. NIV “lifted your eyes in pride”; NRSV “haughtily lifted your eyes.”

[37:23]  ⁶ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[41:20]  ⁷ tn The words “I will do this” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text has here simply, “in order that.”

[41:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “they”; NAB, NRSV “that all may see”; CEV, NLT “Everyone will see.”

[41:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[41:20]  ¹⁰ tn Or “created it” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “has made it happen.”

[43:3]  ⁹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:3]  ¹⁰ sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.

[47:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”

[47:15]  ¹² tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.

[47:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”

[59:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “man” (so KJV, ASV); TEV “no one to help.”

[59:16]  ¹⁴ tn Or “appalled” (NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “disgusted.”

[59:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and his arm delivers for him.”

[59:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and his justice [or “righteousness”] supports him.”