Isaiah 7:8
Context7:8 For Syria’s leader is Damascus,
and the leader of Damascus is Rezin.
Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation. 1
Isaiah 17:6
Context17:6 There will be some left behind,
like when an olive tree is beaten –
two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top,
four or five on its fruitful branches,”
says the Lord God of Israel.
Isaiah 19:18
Context19:18 At that time five cities 2 in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord who commands armies. One will be called the City of the Sun. 3
Isaiah 37:36
Context37:36 The Lord’s messenger 4 went out and killed 185,000 troops 5 in the Assyrian camp. When they 6 got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses! 7


[7:8] 1 tn Heb “Ephraim will be too shattered to be a nation”; NIV “to be a people.”
[19:18] 2 sn The significance of the number “five” in this context is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:376-77.
[19:18] 3 tc The Hebrew text has עִיר הַהֶרֶס (’ir haheres, “City of Destruction”; cf. NASB, NIV) but this does not fit the positive emphasis of vv. 18-22. The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and some medieval Hebrew
[37:36] 3 tn Traditionally, “the angel of the Lord” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
[37:36] 4 tn The word “troops” is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity.
[37:36] 5 tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.
[37:36] 6 tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies”; NLT “they found corpses everywhere.”