Isaiah 6:4

6:4 The sound of their voices shook the door frames, ¹  and the temple was filled with smoke.

Isaiah 8:17

8:17 I will wait patiently for the Lord,

who has rejected the family of Jacob; ² 

I will wait for him.

Isaiah 13:16

13:16 Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes;

their houses will be looted

and their wives raped.

Isaiah 14:18

14:18 ³ As for all the kings of the nations,

all of them ⁴  lie down in splendor, ⁵ 

each in his own tomb. ⁶ 

Isaiah 24:10

24:10 The ruined town ⁷  is shattered;

all of the houses are shut up tight. ⁸ 

Isaiah 38:22

38:22 Hezekiah said, “What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”

Isaiah 65:21

65:21 They will build houses and live in them;

they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

[6:4]  ¹ tn On the phrase אַמּוֹת הַסִּפִּים (’ammot hassippim, “pivots of the frames”) see HALOT 763 s.v. סַף.

[8:17]  ² tn Heb “who hides his face from the house of Jacob.”

[14:18]  ³ sn It is unclear where the quotation of the kings, begun in v. 10b, ends. However, the reference to the “kings of the nations” in v. 18 (see also v. 9) seems to indicate that the quotation has ended at this point and that Israel’s direct taunt (cf. vv. 4b-10a) has resumed. In fact the references to the “kings of the nations” may form a stylistic inclusio or frame around the quotation.

[14:18]  ⁴ tc The phrase “all of them” does not appear in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a.

[14:18]  ⁵ sn This refers to the typically extravagant burial of kings.

[14:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “house” (so KJV, ASV), but in this context a tomb is in view. Note the verb “lie down” in the preceding line and the reference to a “grave” in the next line.

[24:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “the city of chaos” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV). Isaiah uses the term תֹּהוּ (tohu) rather frequently of things (like idols) that are empty and worthless (see BDB 1062 s.v.), so the word might characterize the city as rebellious or morally worthless. However, in this context, which focuses on the effects of divine judgment, it probably refers to the ruined or worthless condition in which the city is left (note the use of the word in Isa 34:11). For a discussion of the identity of this city, see R. Chisholm, “The ‘Everlasting Covenant’ and the ‘City of Chaos’: Intentional Ambiguity and Irony in Isaiah 24,” CTR 6 (1993): 237-53. In the context of universal judgment depicted in Isa 24, this city represents all the nations and cities of the world which, like Babylon of old and the powers/cities mentioned in chapters 13-23, rebel against God’s authority. Behind the stereotypical language one can detect various specific manifestations of this symbolic and paradigmatic city, including Babylon, Moab, and Jerusalem, all of which are alluded or referred to in chapters 24-27.

[24:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “every house is closed up from entering.”