Isaiah 8:17

8:17 I will wait patiently for the Lord,

who has rejected the family of Jacob; ¹ 

I will wait for him.

Isaiah 14:26

14:26 This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth;

my hand is ready to strike all the nations.” ² 

Isaiah 33:10-11

33:10 “Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.

“Now I will exalt myself;

now I will magnify myself. ³ 

33:11 You conceive straw, ⁴ 

you give birth to chaff;

your breath is a fire that destroys you. ⁵ 

Isaiah 43:22

The Lord Rebukes His People

43:22 “But you did not call for me, O Jacob;

you did not long ⁶  for me, O Israel.

Isaiah 46:5

46:5 To whom can you compare and liken me?

Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!

Isaiah 55:4

55:4 Look, I made him a witness to nations, ⁷ 

a ruler and commander of nations.”

Isaiah 65:6

65:6 Look, I have decreed: ⁸ 

I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;

I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, ⁹ 

[8:17]  ¹ tn Heb “who hides his face from the house of Jacob.”

[14:26]  ² tn Heb “and this is the hand that is outstretched over all the nations.”

[33:10]  ³ tn Or “lift myself up” (KJV); NLT “show my power and might.”

[33:11]  ⁴ tn The second person verb and pronominal forms in this verse are plural. The hostile nations are the addressed, as the next verse makes clear.

[33:11]  ⁵ sn The hostile nations’ plans to destroy God’s people will come to nothing; their hostility will end up being self-destructive.

[43:22]  ⁵ tn Or “strive”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “been weary of me.”

[55:4]  ⁶ sn Ideally the Davidic king was to testify to the nations of God’s greatness (cf. Pss 18:50 HT [18:49 ET]; 22:28 HT [22:27 ET]). See J. H. Eaton, Kingship in the Psalms (SBT), 182-84.

[65:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look, it is written before me.”

[65:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”