Isaiah 8:22

8:22 When one looks out over the land, he sees ¹  distress and darkness, gloom ²  and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land. ³ 

Isaiah 17:8

17:8 They will no longer trust in ⁴  the altars their hands made,

or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made. ⁵ 

Isaiah 51:2

51:2 Look at Abraham, your father,

and Sarah, who gave you birth. ⁶ 

When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, ⁷ 

but I blessed him ⁸  and gave him numerous descendants. ⁹ 

[8:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).

[8:22]  ² tn The precise meaning of מְעוּף (mÿ’uf) is uncertain; the word occurs only here. See BDB 734 s.v. מָעוּף.

[8:22]  ³ tn Heb “ and darkness, pushed.” The word מְנֻדָּח (mÿnudakh) appears to be a Pual participle from נדח (“push”), but the Piel is unattested for this verb and the Pual occurs only here.

[17:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “he will not gaze toward.”

[17:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and that which his fingers made he will not see, the Asherah poles and the incense altars.”

[51:2]  ⁷ sn Although Abraham and Sarah are distant ancestors of the people the prophet is addressing, they are spoken of as the immediate parents.

[51:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “one”; NLT “was alone”; TEV “was childless.”

[51:2]  ⁹ tn “Bless” may here carry the sense of “endue with potency, reproductive power.” See Gen 1:28.

[51:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and I made him numerous.”