Isaiah 7:20

7:20 At that time ¹  the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, ²  the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair; ³  it will also shave off the beard.

Isaiah 10:20

10:20 At that time ⁴  those left in Israel, those who remain of the family ⁵  of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. ⁶  Instead they will truly ⁷  rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. ⁸ 

Isaiah 17:14

17:14 In the evening there is sudden terror; ⁹ 

by morning they vanish. ¹⁰ 

This is the fate of those who try to plunder us,

the destiny of those who try to loot us! ¹¹ 

Isaiah 28:4

28:4 The withering flower, its beautiful splendor,

situated at the head of a rich valley,

will be like an early fig before harvest –

as soon as someone notices it,

he grabs it and swallows it. ¹² 

[7:20]  ¹ tn Heb “in that day” (so ASV, NASB); KJV “In the same day.”

[7:20]  ² tn Heb “the river” (so KJV); NASB “the Euphrates.” The name of the river has been supplied in the present translation for clarity.

[7:20]  ³ tn Heb “the hair of the feet.” The translation assumes that the word “feet” is used here as a euphemism for the genitals. See BDB 920 s.v. רֶגֶל.

[10:20]  ⁴ tn Or “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[10:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “house” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[10:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “on one who strikes him down.” This individual is the king (“foreign leader”) of the oppressing nation (which NLT specifies as “the Assyrians”).

[10:20]  ⁷ tn Or “sincerely”; KJV, ASV, NAB, NRSV “in truth.”

[10:20]  ⁸ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[17:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “at the time of evening, look, sudden terror.”

[17:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “before morning he is not.”

[17:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “this is the portion of those who plunder us, and the lot of those who loot us.”

[28:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “which the one seeing sees, while still it is in his hand he swallows it.”