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 41:27

41:27 I first decreed to Zion, ‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ ² 

I sent a herald to Jerusalem. ³ 

Isaiah 45:22

45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, ⁴ 

all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!

For I am God, and I have no peer.

Isaiah 64:3

64:3 When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, ⁵ 

you came down, and the mountains trembled ⁶  before you.

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

[41:27]  ² tn The Hebrew text reads simply, “First to Zion, ‘Look here they are!’” The words “I decreed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[41:27]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[45:22]  ³ tn The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”

[64:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “[for which] we were not waiting.”

[64:3]  ⁵ tn See the note at v. 1.