Isaiah 61:4

61:4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins

and restore the places that were desolate; ¹ 

they will reestablish the ruined cities,

the places that have been desolate since ancient times.

Isaiah 33:8

33:8 Highways are empty, ² 

there are no travelers. ³ 

Treaties are broken, ⁴ 

witnesses are despised, ⁵ 

human life is treated with disrespect. ⁶ 

Isaiah 49:19

49:19 Yes, your land lies in ruins;

it is desolate and devastated. ⁷ 

But now you will be too small to hold your residents,

and those who devoured you will be far away.

Isaiah 52:14

52:14 (just as many were horrified by the sight of you) ⁸ 

he was so disfigured ⁹  he no longer looked like a man; ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 54:3

54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;

your children will conquer ¹¹  nations

and will resettle desolate cities.

Isaiah 63:5

63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;

I was shocked because there was no one offering support. ¹² 

So my right arm accomplished deliverance;

my raging anger drove me on. ¹³ 

Isaiah 49:8

49:8 This is what the Lord says:

“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you;

in the day of deliverance I will help you;

I will protect you ¹⁴  and make you a covenant mediator for people, ¹⁵ 

to rebuild ¹⁶  the land ¹⁷ 

and to reassign the desolate property.

Isaiah 54:1

Zion Will Be Secure

54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!

Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the desolate one are more numerous

than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 59:16

The Lord Intervenes

59:16 He sees there is no advocate; ¹⁸ 

he is shocked ¹⁹  that no one intervenes.

So he takes matters into his own hands; ²⁰ 

his desire for justice drives him on. ²¹ 

[61:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and the formerly desolate places they will raise up.”

[33:8]  ² tn Or “desolate” (NAB, NASB); NIV, NRSV, NLT “deserted.”

[33:8]  ³ tn Heb “the one passing by on the road ceases.”

[33:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “one breaks a treaty”; NAB “Covenants are broken.”

[33:8]  ⁵ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “he despises cities.” The term עָרִים (’arim, “cities”) is probably a corruption of an original עֵדִים (’edim, “[legal] witnesses”), a reading that is preserved in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a. Confusion of dalet (ד) and resh (ר) is a well-attested scribal error.

[33:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “he does not regard human beings.”

[49:19]  ³ tn Heb “Indeed your ruins and your desolate places, and the land of your destruction.” This statement is abruptly terminated in the Hebrew text and left incomplete.

[52:14]  ⁴ tn Some witnesses read “him,” which is more consistent with the context, where the servant is spoken about, not addressed. However, it is possible that the Lord briefly addresses the servant here. The present translation assumes the latter view and places the phrase in parentheses.

[52:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “such was the disfigurement.” The noun מִשְׁחַת (mishkhat) occurs only here. It may be derived from the verbal root שָׁחַת (shakhat, “be ruined”; see BDB 1007-8 s.v. שָׁחַת). The construct form appears here before a prepositional phrase (cf. GKC 421 §130.a).

[52:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “from a man his appearance.” The preposition מִן (min) here carries the sense “away from,” i.e., “so as not to be.” See BDB 583 s.v.

[54:3]  ⁵ tn Or “take possession of”; NAB “shall dispossess.”

[63:5]  ⁶ sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.

[63:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”

[49:8]  ⁷ tn The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצָר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצָר (yatsar, “form”).

[49:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. Here עָם (’am, “people”) appears to refer to Israel. See the note at 42:6.

[49:8]  ⁹ tn The Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “arise”) is probably used here in the sense of “rebuild.”

[49:8]  ¹⁰ tn The “land” probably stands by metonymy for the ruins within it.

[59:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “man” (so KJV, ASV); TEV “no one to help.”

[59:16]  ⁹ tn Or “appalled” (NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “disgusted.”

[59:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and his arm delivers for him.”

[59:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and his justice [or “righteousness”] supports him.”