Isaiah 7:5

7:5 Syria has plotted with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah to bring about your demise. ¹ 

Isaiah 14:27

14:27 Indeed, ²  the Lord who commands armies has a plan,

and who can possibly frustrate it?

His hand is ready to strike,

and who can possibly stop it? ³ 

Isaiah 23:8

23:8 Who planned this for royal Tyre, ⁴ 

whose merchants are princes,

whose traders are the dignitaries ⁵  of the earth?

Isaiah 19:12

19:12 But where, oh where, are your wise men? ⁶ 

Let them tell you, let them find out

what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt.

Isaiah 32:7

32:7 A deceiver’s methods are evil; ⁷ 

he dreams up evil plans ⁸ 

to ruin the poor with lies,

even when the needy are in the right. ⁹ 

[7:5]  ¹ tn This sentence opens with the conjunction יַעַן כִּי (ya’an ki, “because”). Consequently some take vv. 5-6 with what precedes, as another reason why Ahaz might be tempted to fear (see v. 4). However, it is more likely that vv. 5-6 give the basis for the Lord’s announcement in vv. 7-9. The conjunction יַעַן כִּי here introduces the basis for judgment (as in 3:16; 8:6; 29:13), which is then followed by the formal announcement of judgment.

[14:27]  ² tn Or “For” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[14:27]  ³ tn Heb “His hand is outstretched and who will turn it back?”

[23:8]  ³ tn The precise meaning of הַמַּעֲטִירָה (hamma’atirah) is uncertain. The form is a Hiphil participle from עָטַר (’atar), a denominative verb derived from עֲטָרָה (’atarah, “crown, wreath”). The participle may mean “one who wears a crown” or “one who distributes crowns.” In either case, Tyre’s prominence in the international political arena is in view.

[23:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the honored” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “renowned.”

[19:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “Where are they? Where are your wise men?” The juxtaposition of the interrogative pronouns is emphatic. See HALOT 38 s.v. אֶי.

[32:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “as for a deceiver, his implements [or “weapons”] are evil.”

[32:7]  ⁶ tn Or “he plans evil things”; NIV “he makes up evil schemes.”

[32:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “to ruin the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speak what is just.”