Isaiah 6:8

6:8 I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, “Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” ¹  I answered, “Here I am, send me!”

Isaiah 13:2

13:2 ² On a bare hill raise a signal flag,

shout to them,

wave your hand,

so they might enter the gates of the princes!

Isaiah 15:4

15:4 The people of ³  Heshbon and Elealeh cry out,

their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.

For this reason Moab’s soldiers shout in distress;

their courage wavers. ⁴ 

Isaiah 29:4

29:4 You will fall;

while lying on the ground ⁵  you will speak;

from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. ⁶ 

Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; ⁷ 

from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation. ⁸ 

Isaiah 29:6

29:6 Judgment will come from the Lord who commands armies, ⁹ 

accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise,

by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire.

Isaiah 30:19

30:19 For people will live in Zion;

in Jerusalem ¹⁰  you will weep no more. ¹¹ 

When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy;

when he hears it, he will respond to you. ¹² 

Isaiah 30:30

30:30 The Lord will give a mighty shout ¹³ 

and intervene in power, ¹⁴ 

with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, ¹⁵ 

with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

Isaiah 36:13

36:13 The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, ¹⁶  “Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 37:23

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

At whom have you shouted

and looked so arrogantly? ¹⁷ 

At the Holy One of Israel! ¹⁸ 

Isaiah 40:6

40:6 A voice says, “Cry out!”

Another asks, ¹⁹  “What should I cry out?”

The first voice responds: ²⁰  “All people are like grass, ²¹ 

and all their promises ²²  are like the flowers in the field.

Isaiah 48:20

48:20 Leave Babylon!

Flee from the Babylonians!

Announce it with a shout of joy!

Make this known!

Proclaim it throughout the earth! ²³ 

Say, ‘The Lord protects ²⁴  his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 50:10

50:10 Who among you fears the Lord?

Who obeys ²⁵  his servant?

Whoever walks in deep darkness, ²⁶ 

without light,

should trust in the name of the Lord

and rely on his God.

Isaiah 58:1

The Lord Desires Genuine Devotion

58:1 “Shout loudly! Don’t be quiet!

Yell as loud as a trumpet!

Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; ²⁷ 

confront Jacob’s family with their sin! ²⁸ 

Isaiah 58:4

58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by ²⁹  arguments, brawls,

and fistfights. ³⁰ 

Do not fast as you do today,

trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

[6:8]  ¹ tn Heb “for us.” The plural pronoun refers to the Lord, the seraphs, and the rest of the heavenly assembly.

[13:2]  ² sn The Lord is speaking here (see v. 3).

[15:4]  ³ tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[15:4]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text has, “For this reason the soldiers of Moab shout, his inner being quivers for him.” To achieve tighter parallelism, some emend the first line, changing חֲלֻצֵי (khalutse, “soldiers”) to חַלְצֵי (khaltse, “loins”) and יָרִיעוּ (yari’u, “they shout,” from רוּעַ, rua’) to יָרְעוּ (yor’u, “they quiver”), a verb from יָרַע (yara’), which also appears in the next line. One can then translate v. 4b as “For this reason the insides of the Moabites quiver, their whole body shakes” (cf. NAB, NRSV).

[29:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the ground” (so NIV, NCV).

[29:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and from the dust your word will be low.”

[29:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and your voice will be like a ritual pit from the earth.” The Hebrew אוֹב (’ov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. See the note on “incantations” in 8:19. Here the word is used metonymically for the voice that emerges from such a pit.

[29:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “and from the dust your word will chirp.” The words “as if muttering an incantation” are supplied in the translation for clarification. See the parallelism and 8:19.

[29:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] there will be visitation.” The third feminine singular passive verb form תִּפָּקֵד (tippaqed, “she/it will be visited”) is used here in an impersonal sense. See GKC 459 §144.b.

[30:19]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[30:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “For people in Zion will live, in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.” The phrase “in Jerusalem” could be taken with what precedes. Some prefer to emend יֵשֵׁב (yeshev, “will live,” a Qal imperfect) to יֹשֵׁב (yoshev, a Qal active participle) and translate “For [you] people in Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.”

[30:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “he will indeed show you mercy at the sound of your crying out; when he hears, he will answer you.”

[30:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “the Lord will cause the splendor of his voice to be heard.”

[30:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “and reveal the lowering of his arm.”

[30:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “and a flame of consuming fire.”

[36:13]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text includes “and he said.”

[37:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?” Cf. NIV “lifted your eyes in pride”; NRSV “haughtily lifted your eyes.”

[37:23]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[40:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he says.” Apparently a second “voice” responds to the command of the first “voice.”

[40:6]  ¹¹ tn The words “the first voice responds” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The first voice tells the second one what to declare.

[40:6]  ¹² tn Heb “all flesh is grass.” The point of the metaphor is explained in v. 7.

[40:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “and all his loyalty.” The antecedent of the third masculine suffix is בָּשָׂר (basar, “flesh”), which refers collectively to mankind. The LXX, apparently understanding the antecedent as “grass,” reads “glory,” but חֶסֶד (khesed) rarely, if ever, has this nuance. The normal meaning of חֶסֶד (“faithfulness, loyalty, devotion”) fits very well in the argument. Human beings and their faithfulness (verbal expressions of faithfulness are specifically in view; cf. NRSV “constancy”) are short-lived and unreliable, in stark contrast to the decrees and promises of the eternal God.

[48:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[48:20]  ¹² tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[50:10]  ¹² tn Heb “[who] listens to the voice of his servant?” The interrogative is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[50:10]  ¹³ tn The plural indicates degree. Darkness may refer to exile and/or moral evil.

[58:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “declare to my people their rebellion.”

[58:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and to the house of Jacob their sin.” The verb “declare” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[58:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”

[58:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”