Isaiah 7:11

7:11 “Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.” ¹ 

Isaiah 37:31

37:31 Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. ² 

Isaiah 8:21

8:21 They will pass through the land ³  destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, ⁴  and they will curse their king and their God ⁵  as they look upward.

[7:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Make it as deep as Sheol or make it high upwards.” These words suggest that Ahaz can feel free to go beyond the bounds of ordinary human experience.

[37:31]  ² tn Heb “The remnant of the house of Judah that is left will add roots below and produce fruit above.”

[8:21]  ³ tn Heb “he will pass through it.” The subject of the collective singular verb is the nation. (See the preceding note.) The immediately preceding context supplies no antecedent for “it” (a third feminine singular suffix in the Hebrew text); the suffix may refer to the land, which would be a reasonable referent with a verb of motion. Note also that אֶרֶץ (’erets, “land”) does appear at the beginning of the next verse.

[8:21]  ⁴ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[8:21]  ⁵ tn Or “gods” (NAB, NRSV, CEV).