Isaiah 65:8-9

65:8 This is what the Lord says:

“When ¹  juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,

someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ ² 

So I will do for the sake of my servants –

I will not destroy everyone. ³ 

65:9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains.

My chosen ones will take possession of the land; ⁴ 

my servants will live there.

[65:8]  ¹ tn Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”

[65:8]  ² tn Heb “for a blessing is in it.”

[65:8]  ³ tn Heb “by not destroying everyone.”

[65:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “it.” The third feminine singular pronominal suffix probably refers to the land which contains the aforementioned mountains.