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 58:10

58:10 You must ⁴  actively help the hungry

and feed the oppressed. ⁵ 

Then your light will dispel the darkness, ⁶ 

and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. ⁷ 

Isaiah 59:9

Israel Confesses its Sin

59:9 For this reason deliverance ⁸  is far from us ⁹ 

and salvation does not reach us.

We wait for light, ¹⁰  but see only darkness; ¹¹ 

we wait for ¹²  a bright light, ¹³  but live ¹⁴  in deep darkness. ¹⁵ 

[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.

[58:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.

[58:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”

[58:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”

[58:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”

[59:9]  ⁷ tn מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat), which refers to “justice” in the earlier verses, here refers to “justice from God,” or “vindication.” Because the people are unjust, God refuses to vindicate them before their enemies. See v. 11.

[59:9]  ⁸ sn The prophet speaks on behalf of the sinful nation and confesses its sins.

[59:9]  ⁹ sn Light here symbolizes prosperity and blessing.

[59:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “but, look, darkness”; NIV “but all is darkness.”

[59:9]  ¹¹ tn The words “we wait for” are supplied in the translation; the verb is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[59:9]  ¹² tn The plural noun form may indicate degree here.

[59:9]  ¹³ tn Or “walk about”; NCV “all we have is darkness.”

[59:9]  ¹⁴ tn The plural noun form may indicate degree here.