Isaiah 63:13

63:13 who led them through the deep water?

Like a horse running on flat land ¹  they did not stumble.

Isaiah 5:28

5:28 Their arrows are sharpened,

and all their bows are prepared. ² 

The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, ³ 

and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm. ⁴ 

Isaiah 43:17

43:17 the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, ⁵ 

together with a mighty army.

They fell down, ⁶  never to rise again;

they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:

Isaiah 2:7

2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;

there is no end to their wealth. ⁷ 

Their land is full of horses;

there is no end to their chariots. ⁸ 

Isaiah 30:16

30:16 You say, ‘No, we will flee on horses,’

so you will indeed flee.

You say, ‘We will ride on fast horses,’

so your pursuers will be fast.

Isaiah 31:3

31:3 The Egyptians are mere humans, not God;

their horses are made of flesh, not spirit.

The Lord will strike with ⁹  his hand;

the one who helps will stumble

and the one being helped will fall.

Together they will perish. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 36:8

36:8 Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.

Isaiah 38:14

38:14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,

I coo ¹¹  like a dove;

my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. ¹² 

O sovereign master, ¹³  I am oppressed;

help me! ¹⁴ 

Isaiah 31:1

Egypt Will Disappoint

31:1 Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, ¹⁵ 

those who rely on war horses,

and trust in Egypt’s many chariots ¹⁶ 

and in their many, many horsemen. ¹⁷ 

But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel ¹⁸ 

and do not seek help from the Lord.

Isaiah 66:20

66:20 They will bring back all your countrymen ¹⁹  from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them ²⁰  on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels ²¹  to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers.

[63:13]  ¹ tn Heb “in the desert [or “steppe”].”

[5:28]  ² tn Heb “bent” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “are strung.”

[5:28]  ³ tn Heb “regarded like flint.”

[5:28]  ⁴ sn They are like a windstorm in their swift movement and in the way they kick up dust.

[43:17]  ³ tn Heb “led out chariots and horses.” The words “to destruction” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The verse refers to the destruction of the Egyptians at the Red Sea.

[43:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “lay down”; NAB “lie prostrate together”; CEV “lie dead”; NRSV “they lie down.”

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”

[2:7]  ⁵ sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.

[31:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “will extend”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV “stretch out.”

[31:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “together all of them will come to an end.”

[38:14]  ⁶ tn Or “moan” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); KJV, CEV “mourn.”

[38:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “my eyes become weak, toward the height.”

[38:14]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in v. 16 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[38:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “stand surety for me.” Hezekiah seems to be picturing himself as a debtor who is being exploited; he asks that the Lord might relieve his debt and deliver him from the oppressive creditor.

[31:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who go down to Egypt for help.”

[31:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and trust in chariots for they are many.”

[31:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and in horsemen for they are very strong [or “numerous”].”

[31:1]  ¹⁰ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[66:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “brothers” (so NIV); NCV “fellow Israelites.”

[66:20]  ⁹ tn The words “they will bring them” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[66:20]  ¹⁰ tn The precise meaning of this word is uncertain. Some suggest it refers to “chariots.” See HALOT 498 s.v. *כִּרְכָּרָה.